Cairston
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness.[1]
| Cairston | |
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.jpg) Cattle at Cairston, with the Bay of Ireland, and the hills south-east of Stenness, beyond | |
  Cairston Location within Orkney | |
| OS grid reference | HY268105 |
| Civil parish | |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | STROMNESS |
| Postcode district | KW16 |
| Dialling code | 01856 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
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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