A966 road
| A968 road in the UK | |
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| Start of the street: |
Finstown ( 59 ° 0 ′ N , 3 ° 7 ′ W ) |
| End of street: |
Birsay ( 59 ° 8 ′ N , 3 ° 18 ′ W ) |
| Overall length: | 27.5 km (17.1 mi ) |
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| The A966 at Norseman | |
Map with all coordinates: The A966 road is an A-road on the Scottish Orkney island of Mainland .
course
The road branches off the A965 in the center of Finstown . It initially runs in a northeastern direction along the coastline of the Bay of Firth . Around seven kilometers beyond Norseman , the road gradually turns to the northwest and follows the coast of Eynhallow Sound . Crossing the hamlets of Woodwick , Redland and Evie and passing the Broch of Burgar , the A966 reaches its northernmost point at Loch of Swannay . From now on, running in a south-westerly direction, the A966 reaches the village of Birsay in the north-west of the island, six kilometers further , where it ends not far from the ruins of Earl's Palace at the end of the A967 . It has a total length of 27.5 km.