Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Hackness

Hackness, a headland at the southern extremity of Shapinshay island, Orkney, flanking the N side of the eastern entrance of String Sound.


(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a headland"   (ADL Feature Type: "capes")
Administrative units: Orkney ScoCnty

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