Milestone To West Of Lyrawa Bay, Walls, Hoy is a Grade C listed building in the Orkney Islands local planning authority area, Scotland. First listed on 31 January 2002. Milestone.

Milestone To West Of Lyrawa Bay, Walls, Hoy

WRENN ID
ragged-flue-snow
Grade
C
Local Planning Authority
Orkney Islands
Constituency
Orkney and Shetland MP: Mr Alistair Carmichael (LD)
Country
Scotland
Date first listed
31 January 2002
Type
Milestone
OS grid reference
ND 287 989
Coordinates
58.87198, -3.23664
Source
Historic Environment Scotland listing

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Description

This is an early 20th-century milestone located to the west of Lyrawa Bay in Walls, Hoy. It features a segmental-headed stone slab with inscriptions in sans serif characters. The top part reads 'N.NESS' (indicating North Ness) above the number '6' with an arrow pointing left. Below that, it states 'HOY' above the number '5' with an arrow pointing right.

Local climate

Milestone To West Of Lyrawa Bay, Walls, Hoy sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,190 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 97% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 3 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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