About Loch of Stenness

Water, Interesting Places, Natural, Other Lakes

The Loch of Stenness is a large brackish loch on Mainland, Orkney and is named for the parish of Stenness. It is 2 miles (3.2 kilometres) northeast of the town of Stromness, lies immediately to the south of the Loch of Harray and is close to the World Heritage neolithic sites of the Stones of Stenness and Ring of Brodgar. In Old Norse its name was Steinnesvatn.

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Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, KW16 3JE

Nearest places in Loch of Stenness