Vennel off Victoria Street
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The photograph on this page of Vennel off Victoria Street by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Vennel off Victoria Street
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 9 Jun 2018
Stromness has a well-defined mediaeval street layout, except that the vennels off the east side of the main street lead to the sea, not to fields as in most owns of that age. On the west side of the main street, however, the vennels would originally have led uphill to fields, but as was common in mediaeval towns, the land off the street was gradually built over with houses.
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Image Location
Latitude
58.962462
Longitude
-3.2995