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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Hoxa, Orkney

Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1+14 miles (2.0 km) west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.

Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson the 10th-century Norse Earl of Orkney (aka Thorfinn Skullsplitter) may be buried at the site of The Howe broch, just north of Hoxa.

References

  1. ^ "Hoxa". Gazetteer of Scotland. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey. OS Maps Online (Map). 1:25,000. Leisure.
  3. ^ Wenham, Sheena "The South Isles" in Omand, Donald (ed.) (2003) The Orkney Book. Edinburgh. Birlinn. ISBN 1-84158-254-9 pp. 211-12