Hoxa, Orkney

Hoxa

The site of The Howe of Hoxa broch (at left)
Hoxa
 Hoxa shown within Orkney
OS grid referenceHY423935
Civil parishSouth Ronaldsay and Burray
Council areaOrkney
Lieutenancy areaOrkney
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town ORKNEY
Postcode district KW17
Dialling code 01856
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
UK ParliamentOrkney and Shetland
Scottish ParliamentOrkney
List of places
UK
Scotland

Coordinates: 58°49′34″N 2°59′56″W / 58.826°N 2.999°W / 58.826; -2.999

Hoxa Head Lighthouse

Hoxa Head concrete towers and gun emplacements sit by the modern lighthouse in the background
Orkney
Coordinates 58°49′19″N 3°02′05″W / 58.821878°N 3.034716°W / 58.821878; -3.034716
Year first constructed 1901 (first)
Year first lit 1996 (current)
Automated 1996
Deactivated 1996 (first)
Foundation reinforced concrete
Construction metal skeletal tower
Tower shape square parallelepiped tower covered by aluminium panels with balcony and light on the top
Markings / pattern white tower
Height 7 metres (23 ft)
Focal height 15 metres (49 ft)
Light source solar power
Characteristic Fl WR 3s.
Admiralty number A3610
NGA number 3100
ARLHS number SCO-103
Managing agent Northern Lighthouse Board[1]

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1 14 miles (2.0 km) west of St Margaret's Hope[2] at the end of the B9043 road.[3]

Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson the 10th century Norse Earl of Orkney (aka Thorfinn Skullsplitter) may be buried at the site of The Howe broch just north of Hoxa.[4]

See also

References

  1. Hoxa Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2016
  2. "Hoxa". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  3. Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordinance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  4. Wenham, Sheena "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 pp. 211-12


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