Cairston
| Cairston | |
.jpg) Cattle at Cairston, with the Bay of Ireland, and the hills south-east of Stenness, beyond |
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  Cairston |
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| OS grid reference | HY268105 |
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| Civil parish | Stromness |
| Council area | Orkney |
| Lieutenancy area | Orkney |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STROMNESS |
| Postcode district | KW16 |
| Dialling code | 01856 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Orkney and Shetland |
| Scottish Parliament | Orkney |
Coordinates: 58°58′34″N 3°16′19″W / 58.976°N 3.272°W
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness.[1]
References
- ↑ "Details of Parish of Stromness". Gazetteer for Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cairston. |
- Canmore - Bu of Cairston site record
- Scapaflow.co - Bu of Cairston
- Scottish Screen Archive - Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch with video from 1978.
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