Cairston, Stenness

Name: Cairston
Address: Stenness, United Kingdom

#9 among attractions in Stenness

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Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness. ()

Coordinates: 58°58'34"N, 3°16'19"W

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Stenness United Kingdom

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Nearby attractions include: Pier Arts Centre, Unstan Chambered Cairn, ArtWorks of the Earth, Inner Holm.

1.3 miSW
Museum, Art gallery, Shopping
Pier Arts Centre, Stromness
34 min walk • The Pier Arts Centre is an art gallery and museum in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1979 to provide a home for an important collection of fine art donated to "be held in trust for Orkney" by the author, peace activist and philanthropist Margaret Gardiner.
1.1 miNE
Archaeological site
Unstan Chambered Cairn, Kirkwall
28 min walk • Unstan is a Neolithic chambered cairn located about 2 mi north-east of Stromness on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The tomb was built on a promontory that extends into the Loch of Stenness near the settlement of Howe.
1.4 miSW
58°57'42"N • 3°17'58"W
ArtWorks of the Earth, Stromness
36 min walk • Museum, Shopping
1.3 miSW
Island
Inner Holm, Stromness
33 min walk • Inner Holm is a small inhabited island in Stromness harbour and one of the Orkney islands of Scotland. It is about 350 metres east of the harbour front of Stromness but it is connected to the Orkney Mainland shore at low tide on the opposite side of the bay.