Archaeological sites · Scottish Islands
Skaill House
Skaill House in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
Eirian Evans — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 45 min–1.5 h
About
Skaill House 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
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. In 1971, the house was designated as a Category A listed building in Scotland.
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
- Coordinates
- 59.0476, -3.3365
- Address
- Sandwick, Orkney
- Established
- 1620
- Official site
- www.historic-scotland.gov.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q1996368 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Skaill House (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is Skaill House?
- Skaill House is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom.
- When was Skaill House built?
- Built or established in 1620.
- Who owns Skaill House?
- Skaill House is owned by Katie Waugh daughter of Major Malcolm Macrae,<br />12th Laird of Breckness.