Archaeological sites · Scottish Islands
Point of Hellia
Point of Hellia in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Point of Hellia 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
The Point of Hellia is a headland on the northwest coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland. This landform extends into the southern part of Eynhallow Sound, a seaway of the North Sea. Gurness, an Iron Age broch promontory fort, is situated on the Point of Hellia. According to Hogan, the drystone construction of the "round tower fort is flanked by a number of ancillary structures and impressive concentric ditch and rampart outer defences; moreover, the rocky shoreline cliffs posed a formidable approach for marine invaders."
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 59.1235, -3.0852
Sources
- wikidata: Q7208231 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Point of Hellia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Point of Hellia?
- Point of Hellia is in Scottish Islands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 59.1235°, -3.0852°.