St Mary's, Orkney

St Mary's
Viewed from Skaildaquoy Point, and showing the Bay of Ayre with part of the village of St Mary's
St Mary's Location within Orkney
OS grid reference	HY473012
Civil parish	Holm
Council area	Orkney
Lieutenancy area	Orkney
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ORKNEY
Postcode district	KW17
Dialling code	01856
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
UK Parliament	Orkney and Shetland
Scottish Parliament	Orkney
List of places UK Scotland 58°53′46″N2°54′50″W / 58.896°N 2.914°W / 58.896; -2.914

Squamish-Orcadian totem pole, St Mary's

St Mary's (also known as St. Mary's Holm) is a small village in the parish of Holm on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It was originally a fishing port. ^[1]

Orkney F.C., the island group's main football club, plays its home games at The Rockworks Community Park, St. Mary's. Close to the ground, immediately to the north of the northernmost Churchill barrier, is a totem pole, erected as part of a community project in 2007 by local carvers and members of the Squamish First Nation people of western Canada. ^[2]

References

1. "East Mainland". VisitScotland. Archived from the original on 6 July 2013. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
2. Bell, B., "Orkney Walks: Between Two Totem Poles," The Orkney News, 19 February 2018. Retrieved 11 April 2022.

External links

• Scapaflow.co - St Mary's, Holm Archived from the original on 2016-06-11. Retrieved 2018-06-20.