St Mary’s

St Mary’s is a Village in the county of Orkney Islands.

St Mary’s postcode: KW17 2RG

Retail in St Mary’s

There are great places to visit near St Mary’s.

St Mary’s History

There are some historic monuments around St Mary’s:

• Hillocks of Garth, burial mounds 70m SW of Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM1276
• Loch of Ayre, broch at N end of,St Mary's Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1462
• Holm Battery, coast artillery battery 195m SW of East Breckan 20th Century Military and Related: Battery SM13500
• Burray Ness, anti-aircraft battery (WW1), Burray 20th Century Military and Related: Anti-aircraft/barrage balloon site SM13499
• Castle Howe, Norse Castle and prehistoric settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1434
• Sorquoy,standing stone,Papley Prehistoric ritual and funerary: standing stone SM1386
• East Broch of Burray Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1438
• Grain Earth House and Grainbank, two souterrains, Hatston Prehistoric domestic and defensive: souterrain, earth-house SM90154
• Hillock of Garth, cairn 900m S of Garth Prehistoric ritual and funerary: cairn (type uncertain) SM1277
• Broch of Lingro, broch Prehistoric domestic and defensive: broch SM1461
• Burrody's Hill, enclosed settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: enclosure (domestic or defensive) SM13482
• Bishop's Palace, Kirkwall Secular: palace SM90193
• Lower Cornquoy, barrow 225m SSE of, Holm Prehistoric ritual and funerary: barrow SM6153
• Hawell, burnt mound 105m SSW of Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM1273
• North Cairn,chambered cairn,Rose Ness Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn SM1359
• Lamb Holm,settlement 450m WSW of Italian Chapel Prehistoric domestic and defensive: house SM6246
• Bay of Meil, chapel 250m W of Holland Ecclesiastical: chapel SM2438
• Pickaquoy,burnt mound & settlement Prehistoric domestic and defensive: burnt mound SM4346
• Earl's Palace, Kirkwall Secular: palace SM90194