Hoxa, Orkney
Hoxa | |
The site of The Howe of Hoxa broch (at left) |
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Hoxa |
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OS grid reference | HY423935 |
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Civil parish | South Ronaldsay and Burray |
Council area | Orkney |
Lieutenancy area | Orkney |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ORKNEY |
Postcode district | KW17 |
Dialling code | 01856 |
Police | Scottish |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
EU Parliament | Scotland |
UK Parliament | Orkney and Shetland |
Scottish Parliament | Orkney |
Coordinates: 58°49′34″N 2°59′56″W / 58.826°N 2.999°W
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 |
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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 1⁄4 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
- ↑ Hoxa Head The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 27 May 2016
- ↑ "Hoxa". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ↑ Ordnance Survey. Get-a-map (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure. Ordinance Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
- ↑ Wenham, Sheena "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 pp. 211-12
External links
- The Megalithic Portal - Howe of Hoxa
- Canmore - Hoxa Head Balfour Battery site record
- Northern Lighthouse Board
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