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Orkney is an archipelago located in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages.
Brough of BirsayCantick Head LighthouseDeerness signpostOrkney Tourist BusGills Bay ferry and fishingboatsLonghope Lifeboat, HoyKirkwall Airport loungeLamb Holm, Italian ChapelOrphir, Viking shipScapa Flow MuseumSkara Brae Neolithic SettlementStromness Harbour, OrkneyWaukmill Bay poppiesYesnaby Black guillemots
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This is a listofOrkney islands in Scotland. The Orkney archipelago is located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of mainland Scotland and comprises over 70...
Orkney (/ˈɔːrkni/; Scots: Orkney; Old Norse: Orkneyjar; Norn: Orknøjar), also known as the Orkney Islands (archaically "The Orkneys"), is an archipelago...
Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It consisted of ten clustered houses, made of flagstones...
A Listof churches inOrkney, Scotland: The islands have an estimated 27 active churches for 21,500 inhabitants, a ratio of one church to every 796 people...
The Flag ofOrkney was the winner of a public flag consultation in February and March 2007. In the flag consultation the people ofOrkney were asked for...
largest island inOrkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. The Ring of Brodgar (or Brogar...
Map ofplacesin Glasgow compiled from this list See the listofplacesin Scotland for placesin other counties. The following are places within the Glasgow...
survive in the Orkney islands of Scotland, some of the best known of which are part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site. The list also contains...
island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There are a total of 36 inhabited islands, with the fertile agricultural islands ofOrkney contrasting with the more...
A feature of modern island life is the low crime rate, and they are considered to be amongst the safest places to live in Britain. Orkney was rated as...
Bishop ofOrkney was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese ofOrkney, one of thirteen medieval bishoprics of Scotland. It included both Orkney and Shetland...
populous town inOrkney, Scotland. It is in the southwestern part of Mainland, Orkney. It is a burgh with a parish around the outside with the town of Stromness...
Kirkavå) is the largest town inOrkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. There is no history of Gaelic inOrkney. The name Kirkwall comes...
Prehistoric Orkney refers only to the prehistory of the Orkney archipelago of Scotland that begins with human occupation. (The islands’ history before...
The Orkney Islands Council (Scottish Gaelic: Comhairle Eileanan Arcaibh), is the local authority for Orkney, Scotland. It was established in 1975 by the...
The Knap of Howar (/ˌnæp ˌɒv ˈhaʊər/) on the island of Papa Westray inOrkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone...
Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered...
(/ˈiːdiː/, Scots: Aidee) is one of the islands ofOrkney, which are located to the north of the Scottish mainland. One of the North Isles, Eday is about...
This list includes placesin Great Britain (including neighbouring islands such as the Isle of Man), some of which were part of the Roman Empire, or were...
Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland ofOrkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the...
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