2009

ND2099 : Rackwick

taken 15 years ago, near to Rackwick, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland

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Rackwick
Rackwick
Rackwick is the only settlement of any sort on Hoy's west coast. Its history was as a crofting and fishing community but nowadays most of the well scattered cottages are holiday homes. The reality is that few people are prepared to live in such an isolated place, far from most modern services and very bleak in winter. Hoy is geologically different from the rest of Orkney, being mostly composed of resistant upper old red sandstone know as the Hoy sandstone; this gives the island mountainous scenery - although in reality the hills are not especially high.

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Category: Village > Village
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Cottage [7] · Orkney [4] · Old Man of Hoy [3] Title Clusters: · Rackwick [4] ·
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ND2099, 34 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Stephen McKay   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Friday, 14 August, 2009   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 23 August, 2009
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 202 993 [100m precision]
WGS84: 58:52.4348N 3:23.0987W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! ND 202 993
View Direction
North-northeast (about 22 degrees)
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