Quholm

Quholm

Quholm (United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Grid Reference HY5221) [United Kingdom Ordnance Survey Map Landranger Map, Orkney Mainland, 1:50,000 scale, 2002] is a hamlet in the northeast of Shapinsay, Orkney Islands, Scotland. [ [http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurefirst1091.html Gazetteer for Scotland: Shapinsay (2007)] Retrieved 27 November 2007.] The father of Washington Irving (of the same name), noted American author, was born in Quholm. Innsker Beach is situated very close by at the northwest edge of Quholm. [ [http://www.buyorkney.com/information/orkney_guide_book/57_shapinsay/ Shapinsay Online Guidebook] buyorkney.com. Retrieved 27 November 2007.] Slightly to the south along Shapinsay's northwest coast are located the coastal ayres of Lairo Water and the Ouse situated within Veantro Bay. There are significant archaeological sites not distant from Quholm, including Odin's Stone, Burroughston Broch, Linton Chapel, Castle Bloody and Mor Stein

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* [http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/533112 Photograph of Washington Irving birthplace at Quholm]


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