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United Kingdom : Scotland

4.7 km (2.9 miles) NW of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom
Approx. altitude: 28 m (91 ft)
([?] maps: Google MapQuest OpenStreetMap ConfluenceNavigator)
Antipode: 59°S 177°E

Accuracy: 5 m (16 ft)
Quality: good

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#2: View North #3: View East #4: View South #5: View West #6: All the Zeros #7: Not Lara Croft

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#1: The Confluence

(visited by David Williams)

29-Mar-2011 -- A windy and chilly late evening visit after an afternoon spent "Tomb Raiding"*.

No one in at the big house and no cattle in the confluence field so it was a quick jog along the highway verge (polite Orkney drivers giving me a wide berth and a wave - thank you!) until my GPS indicated a 90 degree turn was required. Through the gate (checking it is closed after me) and then a sprint to the confluence point, short all-the-zeros dance, quick photo session and then back to the warmth of my car.

*If you visit this confluence you should also pay a side trip to Wideford Hill Chambered Tomb. A long chat with a local dairy farmer delayed my visit and it was rather dark and spooky and isolated when I dragged open the access hatch and dropped into the tomb. Crawling into one of the side chambers I thought "it is about this point where Indy leans on the wrong stone and the door to the tomb starts to close" - my cue to beat a hasty retreat - even though the tomb has survived 5000 years trust my luck if 2011 was when it is due to come tumbling down...


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#5: View West
#6: All the Zeros
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