Cairston

Cairston
Cairston
	Cattle at Cairston, with the Bay of Ireland, and the hills south-east of Stenness, beyond
	Cairston Location within Orkney
OS grid reference	HY268105
Civil parish	Stromness ;
Council area	Orkney ;
Lieutenancy area	Orkney ;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STROMNESS
Postcode district	KW16
Dialling code	01856
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland ;
Scottish Parliament	Orkney ;
	List of places UK Scotland 58°58′34″N3°16′19″W / 58.976°N 3.272°W

Last updated August 01, 2025

Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness.^[1]

References

↑ "Details of Parish of Stromness". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 1 January 2015.

External links

Canmore - Bu of Cairston site record
Scapaflow.co - Bu of Cairston
Scottish Screen Archive - Local News: Bu of Cairston Broch with video from 1978.

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[1] "Details of Parish of Stromness". Gazetteer for Scotland . Retrieved 1 January 2015.

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Cairston
Cattle at Cairston, with the Bay of Ireland, and the hills south-east of Stenness, beyond
Cairston Location within Orkney
OS grid reference	HY268105
Civil parish	Stromness
Council area	Orkney
Lieutenancy area	Orkney
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	STROMNESS
Postcode district	KW16
Dialling code	01856

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Orkney
List of places UK Scotland 58°58′34″N3°16′19″W / 58.976°N 3.272°W / 58.976; -3.272