Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Lamb Holm
the italian chapel, lambholm, orkney
13-Feb-25 • galoot fc • flickr
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Common Seals
Holm, Orkney
15-Sep-24 • DougRobertson • flickr
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Common Seals
Holm, Orkney
15-Sep-24 • DougRobertson • flickr
commonseal orkney visitorkney visitscotland scotland wildlife animal nature holm seal seaside coast canonr7 canonrf100500mm 54037453343
Lamb Holm - Italian Chapel
During WWII Italian prisoners of war were interned in Camp 60 on Lamb Holm to help build the Churchill Barriers. Driven by Italian priest Father Giacombazzi, and with the authorisation of the camp commandant, two Nissen huts were joined to form a makeshift chapel. Under the leadership of prisoner Domenico Chiocchetti, did all of the work to transform a simple corrugated iron structure into a chapel. Finally a front façade out of concrete that concealed the shape of the hut and made the building look like a church. After the camp was disbanded, the building remained unused and its condition deteriorated. In 1958, Chiocchetti was located in Italy and was invited to the Orkney Islands for restoration from 1960.
01-Aug-24 • Martin M. Miles • flickr
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Orkney Islands
Noontime -looking towards Holm and St Mary´s
01-Aug-24 • Martin M. Miles • flickr
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
the italian chapel, lambholm, orkney
13-Feb-25 • galoot fc • flickr
vintage postcard scotland orkney 54325092849
Common Seals
Holm, Orkney
15-Sep-24 • DougRobertson • flickr
commonseal orkney visitorkney visitscotland scotland wildlife animal nature holm seal seaside coast canonr7 canonrf100500mm 54037193491
Common Seals
Holm, Orkney
15-Sep-24 • DougRobertson • flickr
commonseal orkney visitorkney visitscotland scotland wildlife animal nature holm seal seaside coast canonr7 canonrf100500mm 54037453343
Lamb Holm - Italian Chapel
During WWII Italian prisoners of war were interned in Camp 60 on Lamb Holm to help build the Churchill Barriers. Driven by Italian priest Father Giacombazzi, and with the authorisation of the camp commandant, two Nissen huts were joined to form a makeshift chapel. Under the leadership of prisoner Domenico Chiocchetti, did all of the work to transform a simple corrugated iron structure into a chapel. Finally a front façade out of concrete that concealed the shape of the hut and made the building look like a church. After the camp was disbanded, the building remained unused and its condition deteriorated. In 1958, Chiocchetti was located in Italy and was invited to the Orkney Islands for restoration from 1960.
01-Aug-24 • Martin M. Miles • flickr
lambholm italianchapel wwii churchillbarriers prisonerofwar pow orkneyislands scotland unitedkingdom greatbritain 54303294611
Orkney Islands
Noontime -looking towards Holm and St Mary´s
01-Aug-24 • Martin M. Miles • flickr
orkneyislands scotland unitedkingdom greatbritain 54303379349
The Italian Chapel
During WWII, Italian prisoners of war from North Africa were interned in Orkney and used to construct the Churchill Barriers to keep German subs out of Scapa Flow where the Allied Fleet was anchored. The prisoners constructed a chapel out of two quonset huts joined end to end and decorated the interior. It is a Category A listed building. Lamb Holm, Scotland. 07/01/2025 www.allenfotowild.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow www.allenfotowild.com
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The Italian Chapel, interior
The beautiful interior of the Italian Chapel, which was built from two end to end quonset huts by Italian prisoners of war interned on the small, uninhabited island of Lamb Holm during WWII, was decorated from their limited access to local materials. After the war the prisoners and their descendants came back periodically to help to maintain the chapel. Orkney, Scotland. 08/01/2024 www.allenfotowild.com" rel="noreferrer nofollow www.allenfotowild.com
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Videos
The Italian Chapel on the Island of Lamb Holm, part of the Orkney Islands of Scotland. The chapel consists of two Nissen huts, ...
My friend Paul Hudd and I walked and scrambled the perimeter of Glimps Holm today the 6th Feb 2020. Weather was so mild I ...
A video taken on Tuesday, 27 July 2021 at 4.40pm showing the incredibly ornate interior of the Catholic Italian Chapel on the ...
Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Churchill Barriers on ancestry, genealogy, history to the Orkney ...
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm in the Orkney Islands. It was built during World War II by ...
Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.