Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of
South Ronaldsay in the
Orkney Islands
Orkney (; sco, Orkney; on, Orkneyjar; nrn, Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of the island of Great Britain. Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north ...
north of mainland
Scotland
Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...
. Hoxa is located west of
St Margaret's Hope
St Margaret's Hope is a village in the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Scotland. It is known locally as "The Hope" or "The Hup". With a population of about 550, it is Orkney's third largest settlement after Kirkwall and Stromness.
St Mar ...
at the end of the
B9043 road.
Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson the 10th century Norse
Earl of Orkney
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders, the status of the rulers of the Nor ...
(aka Thorfinn Skullsplitter) may be buried at the site of The Howe
broch
A broch is an Iron Age drystone hollow-walled structure found in Scotland. Brochs belong to the classification "complex Atlantic roundhouse" devised by Scottish archaeologists in the 1980s. Their origin is a matter of some controversy.
Origi ...
just north of Hoxa.
[Wenham, Sheena "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. pp. 211-12]
References
External links
The Megalithic Portal - Howe of HoxaCanmore - Hoxa Head Balfour Battery site recordNorthern Lighthouse Board
Villages in Orkney
Orkneyinga saga places
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