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Broch of Ayre, Mainland

#14 among attractions in Mainland

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Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary's Broch, is an Iron Age broch in Orkney, Scotland. ()

Coordinates: 58°53'47"N, 2°55'16"W

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Broch of Ayre – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Italian Chapel, Loch of Tankerness, Calf of Flotta, Scapa distillery.

1.2 miE
Unique Catholic chapel built by POWs
Italian Chapel, Lamb Holm
31 min walk • The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in the Orkney Islands. It was built during World War II by Italian prisoners of war, who were housed on the previously uninhabited island while they constructed the Churchill Barriers to the east of Scapa Flow.
5.7 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Tankerness, Mainland
146 min walk • Loch of Tankerness is a large, lowland, freshwater loch on the Orkney mainland in Scotland. The loch is roughly triangular in shape and is shallow with a flat bottom that gradually deepens from west to east.
6.2 miSW
Island
Calf of Flotta
158 min walk • The Calf of Flotta is a small island in Scapa Flow, Orkney. The Calf is next to Flotta, with "Calf" deriving from Old Norse/Norn and meaning a smaller island by a larger one.
5.2 miNW
Distillery, Whiskey distillery
Scapa distillery, Kirkwall
132 min walk • Scapa distillery is a Scotch whisky distillery on The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland on the shore of Scapa Flow near the town of Kirkwall. Scapa is the second-northernmost whisky distillery in Scotland, 1⁄2 mile south of the Highland Park Distillery.
3.9 miNE
Archaeological site
Mine Howe, Mainland
101 min walk • Mine Howe is an Iron Age subterranean man-made chamber dug 6 meters deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, Scotland, about 5 miles southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney.
3.6 miS
Island
Burray
93 min walk • Burray is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland. It lies to the east of Scapa Flow and is one of a chain of islands linked by the Churchill Barriers.
3.7 miSW
Island
Hunda
94 min walk • Hunda is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland. It is 100 hectares in extent and rises to 42 metres above sea level.
1.3 miS
Island
Glims Holm
34 min walk • Glimps Holm or Glims Holm is a small uninhabited islet in Orkney, Scotland.
5.3 miS
58°49'18"N • 2°57'19"W
South Ronaldsay & Burray Agricultural Society, South Ronaldsay
135 min walk • Memorial