Civil Disobedience in Stenness

Text by Fiona Grahame.   Images By Martin Laird. Caithness man, Captain John Mackay was haughty and overbearing. Returning to civilian life he leased the farm of Barnhouse in Orkney but soon became deeply unpopular with the local crofters. This was to come to a disastrous and destructive head in the winter of 1814. Included in … Continue reading Civil Disobedience in Stenness