Buckle's Tower, the Glossary
Buckle's Tower (locally Buckle's Too'er) is a historic stone-built tower upon the Hill of Heddle in Firth, Orkney.[1]
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6 relations: Dry stone, Finstown, Firth, Orkney, Folly, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.
- Tourist attractions in Orkney
Dry stone
Dry stone, sometimes called drystack or, in Scotland, drystane, is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together.
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Finstown
Finstown is a village in the parish of Firth on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.
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Firth, Orkney
Firth (FjörðrPedersen, Roy (January 1992) Orkneyjar ok Katanes (map, Inverness, Nevis Print) meaning a firth or fjord) is a civil parish mainly on Mainland, Orkney.
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Folly
In architecture, a folly is a building constructed primarily for decoration, but suggesting through its appearance some other purpose, or of such extravagant appearance that it transcends the range of usual garden buildings.
Mainland, Orkney
The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland.
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Scotland
Scotland (Scots: Scotland; Scottish Gaelic: Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.
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See also
Tourist attractions in Orkney
- Buckle's Tower
- List of places in Orkney
- North Gaulton Castle
- Old Man of Hoy
- Protected areas of Orkney
- RNLB Thomas McCunn (ON 759)
- Ring of Brodgar
- The Needle, Orkney