Definición de "Hoy"
Hoy (from Old Norse h�-�y meaning high island) is one of the Orkney Islands .
The dramatic coastline of Hoy is what usually greets visitors to the Orkney Islands. It has extremes of many kinds: some of the highest cliffs in Britain at St John's Head; the impressive and famous sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy ; some of the most northerly natural woodland in Britain; the remote possiblity that Arctic Char survive in Heldale Water and the most northerly Martello Towers , which were built to defend the area during the Napoleonic War , but were never used in combat.
The main naval base for Scapa Flow in both the First and Second World Wars was situated at Lyness in the south-east of the island. Some rather incongruous art deco structures nearby date from this period.
An unusual rock-cut tomb, The Dwarfie Stane , lies in a valley at the west of the island. It is unique in northern Europe , bearing similarity to Neolithic or Bronze Age tombs around the Mediterranean .
In Norse mythology , Hoy is the location of the never-ending battle between Hedin and H�gni .
The dramatic coastline of Hoy is what usually greets visitors to the Orkney Islands. It has extremes of many kinds: some of the highest cliffs in Britain at St John's Head; the impressive and famous sea stack, the Old Man of Hoy ; some of the most northerly natural woodland in Britain; the remote possiblity that Arctic Char survive in Heldale Water and the most northerly Martello Towers , which were built to defend the area during the Napoleonic War , but were never used in combat.
The main naval base for Scapa Flow in both the First and Second World Wars was situated at Lyness in the south-east of the island. Some rather incongruous art deco structures nearby date from this period.
An unusual rock-cut tomb, The Dwarfie Stane , lies in a valley at the west of the island. It is unique in northern Europe , bearing similarity to Neolithic or Bronze Age tombs around the Mediterranean .
In Norse mythology , Hoy is the location of the never-ending battle between Hedin and H�gni .
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