A960 road
| A960 road in the UK | |
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| Start of the street: |
Kirkwall ( 58 ° 59 ′ N , 2 ° 58 ′ W ) |
| End of street: |
Gritley ( 58 ° 56 ′ N , 2 ° 46 ′ W ) |
| Overall length: | 16.1 km (10 mi ) |
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Map with all coordinates: The A960 road is an A-road on the Scottish Orkney island of Mainland .
course
The road begins at a roundabout in Kirkwall Harbor. At this point, two more A-roads begin with the A963 and the A965 . It leads through downtown Kirkwall, past St. Magnus Cathedral , the Orkney Museum , as well as Bishop's Palace and Earl's Palace . In the south of Kirkwall branches off the A961 , which connects the islands of Lamb Holm , Glims Holm , Burray and South Ronaldsay to the road network in a southerly direction via the Churchill Barriers dam system .
Running in a south-easterly direction, the A960 connects to Kirkwall Airport and then reaches various scattered settlements and individual farms. The Howe Mine archaeological site is also just a few hundred meters off the road. Via the isthmus at the head of St Peter's Pool , the road reaches the Deerness Peninsula . There it ends in the settlement of Gritley . As the B9050, the road will continue to the east coast of the island.