Rennibister Earth House, Mainland

Name: Rennibister Earth House
Address: Mainland, United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 1856 872856

#5 among attractions in Mainland

Museum, Archaeological site

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Rennibister Earth House is located on the Mainland of Orkney, in Scotland. It is located by the southeastern shore of the Bay o' Firth, in a farm yard and is accessed by a hatch in the roof of the earth house and by a ladder. Its location is more picturesque than that of its counterpart, Grain Earth House. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 58°59'46"N, 3°3'2"W

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Mainland United Kingdom

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Rennibister Earth House – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Pickaquoy Centre, St Magnus Cathedral, Bishop's Palace, Maeshowe.

2.9 miE
Outdoor activities, Arenas and stadiums, Sport venue
The Pickaquoy Centre, Kirkwall
75 min walk • The Pickaquoy Centre is a multi-use leisure centre in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. The arena has 1,600-seat stands, and can be condensed and used as a sports hall, with room for two five a side football pitches.
3.4 miE
Striking, 12th-century place of worship
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall
87 min walk • St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.
3.4 miE
Stately remains of 2 historic castles
Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall
87 min walk • The Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall is a 12th-century palace built at the same time as the adjacent St Magnus Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. It housed the cathedral's first bishop, William the Old of the Norwegian Catholic church who took his authority from the Archbishop of Nidaros.
4.9 miW
Historical place, Ruins,
Maeshowe, Stenness
125 min walk • Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney.
5.4 miNE
Forts and castles, Gothic Revival architecture
Balfour Castle, Shapinsay
137 min walk • Balfour Castle is a historic building on the southwest of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands. Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present castle was built in 1847, commissioned by Colonel David Balfour, and designed by Edinburgh architect David Bryce.
3.4 miE
Historical place, Forts and castles
Earl's Palace, Kirkwall
88 min walk • The Earl's Palace is a ruined Renaissance-style palace near St Magnus's Cathedral in the centre of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland. Built by Patrick, Earl of Orkney, its construction began in 1607 and was largely undertaken via forced labour.
5.6 miW
Archaeological site
Barnhouse Village, Stenness
142 min walk • The Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement is sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland, Scotland, not far from the Standing Stones of Stenness, about 5 miles north-east of Stromness. It was discovered in 1984 by Colin Richards.
3.3 miE
Specialty museum, Museum, History museum
Orkney Wireless Museum, Kirkwall
85 min walk • The Orkney Wireless Museum in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, houses a collection of domestic and military wireless equipment. It developed from the private collection of the late Jim MacDonald from St Margaret's Hope and marks the importance of wireless communications in Orkney during World War II.
3.4 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Loch of Kirbister, Mainland
86 min walk • The Loch of Kirbister is a small, shallow, somewhat triangular shaped loch on Mainland Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Orphir. It lies 5 mi south west of Kirkwall on cultivated land between two hills. There is a small turf covered islet known as the Groundwater of Holm just off the eastern shore of the loch.
1.3 miW
Island
Holm of Grimbister
33 min walk • Holm of Grimbister is an inhabited tidal islet in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. Located in the Bay of Firth near Finstown it is connected to Mainland Orkney by a causeway.
4.9 miW
Archaeological site,
Heart of Neolithic Orkney, Stenness
126 min walk • Heart of Neolithic Orkney refers to a group of Neolithic monuments found on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The name was adopted by UNESCO when it proclaimed these sites as a World Heritage Site in December 1999.