page_title: Hoxa, Orkney
hierarchical_section_title: Hoxa, Orkney
caption_attribution_description: English: Wartime Relics by Scarf Skerry, Hoxa Head Concrete towers and gun emplacements of the Second World War Balfour Battery sit by the modern lighthouse overlooking one of the southern entries into Scapa Flow.
context_page_description: Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1 ¹⁄₄ miles west of St Margaret's Hope at the end of the B9043 road.
  Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson the 10th century Norse Earl of Orkney may be buried at the site of The Howe broch just north of Hoxa.
context_section_description: Hoxa is a small settlement on the island of South Ronaldsay in the Orkney Islands north of mainland Scotland. Hoxa is located 1 ¹⁄₄ 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.
caption: Hoxa Head concrete towers and gun emplacements sit by the modern lighthouse in the background
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