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  2. Category:Houses in Orkney - Wikipedia

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    Country houses in Orkney (2 P) M. Historic house museums in Orkney (2 P) Pages in category "Houses in Orkney" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total.

  3. List of Category A listed buildings in Orkney - Wikipedia

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    Upload another image See more images Italian Chapel, including statue Lamb Holm 4/6/1987 HY4876300594 58°53′23″N 2°53′27″W  /  58.889619°N 2.890695°W  / 58.889619; -2.890695  (Italian Chapel, including statue) 12728 Upload another image See more images Hoy Sound High Lighthouse including Keepers' Houses, Boundary Walls and Gatepiers Graemsay 9/12/1977 HY2680906078 58 ...

  4. Breckness House - Wikipedia

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    Breckness House is the ruined two-storey mansion built by the Bishop of Orkney, George Graham in 1633. It can be found on the southwest coast of Mainland, Orkney, about 3 km west of the town of Stromness. The house is a large L-shaped building and was built with rubble and clay. The remaining walls stand two storeys high.

  5. Skaill House - Wikipedia

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    Skaill House is a historic manor house in Sandwick parish on Mainland, the largest of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The house overlooks the neolithic site, Skara Brae, and the Bay of Skaill. [1] In 1977, the house was included in the List of Scottish Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. [2]

  6. Category:Country houses in Orkney - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Country houses in Orkney" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Balfour Castle; T.

  7. List of places in Orkney - Wikipedia

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    Map of places in Orkney compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. Orkney is an archipelago located in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages.

  8. List of oldest buildings in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Orkney: 3700 BC House Oldest preserved stone house in north west Europe. [3] [4] [5] Midhowe Chambered Cairn: Rousay: Orkney 3500 BC Tomb A well-preserved example of the Orkney-Cromarty type on the island of Rousay. [6] Unstan Chambered Cairn: Stenness: Orkney: 3450 BC Tomb Excavated in 1884, when grave goods were found, giving their name to ...

  9. Holmwood House - Wikipedia

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    The nuns put the property on the market in the early 1990s, and there was a danger that the grounds would be developed for housing, destroying the setting of the villa. Following an appeal, Holmwood was acquired by the National Trust for Scotland in 1994 with the support of £1.5million from the National Heritage Memorial Fund . [ 2 ]