Walk: Yesnaby's two-legged Castle
Orkney Mainland | Yesnaby | Short walk | ★★★★
[Yesnaby Castle from the Point of Qui Ayre] |
From the Brough of Birsay at one end to Stromness at the other, the western coastline of Orkney Mainland has a superb array of scenery. One of the most dramatic sections is at Yesnaby, with grand sandstone cliffs, geos, caves and sea stacks just south of the car park at a ruined gun battery left over from World War II. One of the highlights is Yesnaby Castle: balancing on a two-footed plinth, it's the second most spectacular sea stack on Orkney after the Old Man of Hoy. This short walk is a good option whatever the weather, although perhaps best on a wild day with boiling seas, when huge waves smash into the base of the cliffs and drench passers-by with sea spray.
[View south along the coast towards Hoy] |
Location & info
📌 Walk: Yesnaby's two-legged Castle ★★★★
Start / finish at minor road end, Yesnaby, Orkney Mainland, G.R.: HY 221161 ///duet.tangling.hails
❌ No public transport within 1 mi | đźš— Car park
▶ 2 km / 1 mi | ▲ 50 m | ⌚ Short
Features: Brough of Bigging; Point of Qui Ayre; Yesnaby Castle
⬤ Easy | Rough paths with cliff edges nearby.
Route: Start - Brough of Bigging - Point of Qui Ayre - Yesnaby Castle - return by outward route
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On our visit
Wildlife: A few fulmars and other seabirds; a couple of seals at the Brough of Bigging.
Weather: Overcast with spots of rain in the strong wind.
[Noust of Bigging] |
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