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About Otterswick, Orkney Islands

Otterswick lies on Stronsay in Orkney's outer islands, reached by ferry from Kirkwall or flights to nearby Stronsay Airport. The island's single-track roads connect small communities across 13 square miles of low farmland and dramatic coastline. Most notable is the ancient "Kitchen Midden," a 4,000-year-old burnt mound where Neolithic inhabitants processed shellfish using heated stones.

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Otterswick, Orkney Islands is in Scotland, at 59.258, -2.561 - about 3 km north-east of Broughtown.

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The closest airport to Otterswick, Orkney Islands is Sanday Airport, 2 km (about 5 min by car). Other airports nearby: Eday Airport, Stronsay Airport.

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