To name all the flowers found in this neighbourhood would be to give almost the complete flora of the county
The Oyce of Firth: Part Two
The Oyce of Firth: Part One
The Oyce has not always been what it now is, – an arm of the sea at high water and a stretch of mud and sand with low water.
Discover the History of Skaill Farm Rousay
On Friday there is an open afternoon where visitors will be invited to meet the team, see the results of the work and try some practical activities.
Mapping Magnus
A programme of community archaeology activities and events that will explore the story of St Magnus and medieval Orkney.
The Ruins of Breckness: The House of Bishop Graham
Suffer this gent the bearer thereof, John Grahame, to passe to Edenbor, with his servant and two horses, and backe again into Kirkwall into ye Isls of Orkney,
Archaeology Fans: Rousay is the Place to Be!
The first phase of the community archaeology project 13th – 16th June
The Laki Eruption of 1783 by Geoff Hellman: Part 5
Once the thaw started it was very rapid. The huge quantities of ice and snow that had built up over the winter melted rapidly.
The Ruins of Breckness: the Grahams
His great hobby,however, appears to have been house building, for he built the mansion houses of Graemshall in Holm, Skaill in Sandwick, and Breckness in Stromness
Tickets now on sale for Eynhallow Trip
the annual Orkney Heritage Society evening trip to the uninhabited island of Eynhallow on Tuesday 4th July.
Bernie Bell: Orkney Walks (with Stories)- Hoy & the Dwarfie Stane
“It’s said to be a ‘rock-cut tomb’. It’s nothing to do with dead folk, it’s a resonance chamber. “
