Check out Historic Hoy
Betty Corrigall's Grave
Betty Corrigall's Grave is reputed to be the loneliest in the UK, yet probably one of the most visited...
Dwarfie Stane
Dwarfie Stane is a huge block of sandstone in which a Neolithic burial chamber has been cut.
It...
Hoy Kirk Heritage Centre
The parish of Hoy (population approx. 40) situated in the north end of the island of Hoy covers Rackwick,...
Longhope Lifeboat Museum Trust
Patron: HRH The Princess Royal
Scottish Charity number SC032029
The Trust was funded in 2000 by local...
Martello Towers
Martello Towers began to appear along England's coastline around 1805 as a defence against invasion from...
Melsetter House
Melsetter House is a private home overlooking the bay of Longhope. The current house was built, incorporating...
RNLI Longhope
On March 17th 1969 Longhope station suffered one of the worst tragedies in British lifeboat history;...
Royal Naval Cemetery
Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery is dedicated to the men who gave their lives to World Wars I & II
The...
The Scapa Flow Museum
The main exhibition illustrates the importance of Scapa Flow as a base for the British fleet throughout...
Wartime Heritage
The Island of Hoy is host to one of the best preserved and least disturbed World War Two defence landscapes...
Always curious why Hoy didn’t become populated.
Is the crofters cottage called rock of cleary in existance on the island of hoy?
My family me is Hoy. I’m trying to find out if the name came from the Isle of Joy.
Darini, Darine, Clan Donald, Tuatha De Danannan, all the very best.