Point of Ayre, Orkney

Point of Ayre is a headland in the parish of Deerness, in the East Mainland of Orkney, Scotland.

Overlooking the Copinsay Pass, it lies 4 miles (6 km) south of Mull Head,[1] and around 10 miles from Kirkwall, the main town on the island.

[2] At Point of Ayre is a seven-metre thick basalt lava flow.

At its top surface are relict gas bubble holes now filled with carbonate.

Lower down, the lava has weathered in an "onion-skin" or spheroidal pattern, which is an unusual feature in Orkney.