Main Street
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Main Street by Anne Burgess as part of the Geograph project.
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Main Street
Image: © Anne Burgess Taken: 10 Jun 2018
Paradoxically Main Street is not the principal street of Kirkwall. It is the short southern continuation of Victoria Street. Most of the houses are 18th century, including the West End Hotel with the blue window embrasures, which was built in 1824 for William Richan of Rapness.
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Image Location
Latitude
58.978166
Longitude
-2.961743