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Buckle's Tower
In or near Finstown.
Buckle's Tower in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Bill Boaden — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Buckle's Tower is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Buckle's Tower (locally Buckle's Too'er) is a historic stone-built tower upon the Hill of Heddle in Firth, Orkney. The tower was originally built sometime during the 1870s by a local shepherd boy named William Buckle who watched the sheep on the Hill of Heddle.
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Background
History
William Buckle was a boy who lived in the village of Finstown, Orkney during the late 19th century, and around the age of 13 he was employed by the local farmer at Binscarth to watch over livestock on the Hill of Heddle. Watching livestock graze proved to be a tedious occupation for Buckle, and in his spare time he began constructing a stone tower, using drystone from the nearby quarry. Buckle left some stones jutting out of the tower to act as steps he used to climb the tower as it got taller, eventually breaking them off after nearly falling from them. Buckle's Tower in later years was used as a sightline by sailors coming into the Bay of Firth. Nearby, stands Wilson's Tower; a smaller,…
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- Coordinates
- 59.0024, -3.1376
- District
- Orkney Islands
- Postcode
- KW17 2JZ
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q125523174 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Buckle's Tower (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Hill of Heddle
Hill of Heddle — mountain in scotland islands. Elevation: 135 m.
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Hill of Heddle (Prehistoric Barrow)
Hill of Heddle (Prehistoric Barrow) — a burial mound in scotland-islands, United Kingdom.
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Finstown
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Buckle's Tower?
- Buckle's Tower is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode KW17 2JZ).
- What is Buckle's Tower?
- Buckle's Tower in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Buckle's Tower?
- Drivers can use postcode KW17 2JZ.
- How do I get to Buckle's Tower?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode KW17 2JZ. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.