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Kirkwall, 20090606. The sun glitters in the water at the lighthouse in harbour of Kirkwall. We build...

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Lyness, 20090615. Scapa Flow is the strecht of sea south of Mainland, that is almost encircled by Orkney...

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Lamb Holm, 20090615. After a U boat sunk the Royal Oak in 1939, Churchill decided to seal the entrance...

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Kirkwall, 20090606. The cathedral was started in 1137 by Rognvalt, in honor of St Magnus. Very Viking-y...

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20090613. The Orcadian St Magnus has his own stained glass window in his cathedral in Kirkwall.

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Mainland, 20090619. At Minehowe, there is an iron age underground chamber, with steps leading into it....

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Gurness, 20090612. The iron age broch at Gurness (200BC) consists of a central tower and outhouses, like...

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Rousay, 20090610. The iron age broch now blends nicely into the landscape. But 200BC - 200AD it was a...

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... and lost between all these huge guillemots who turn their backs on me... Mainland, Marwick Head...

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Hoy, 20090614. A huge monolith is lying in the mountains of Hoy. It is hollowed-out: there are two side...

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Rousay, 20090610. A 3000BC cairn with two storeys, each with its own entrance

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Rousay, 20090610. The huge stalled cairn of Midhowe (3100 BC) has been opened up, so that you can see...

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Mainland, 20090608. The typically flat flagstones form the stone circle. They may have come from...

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Mainland, 20090608. The Ring o' Brodgar is a 'henge monument': a platform surrounded by a ditch....

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Mainland, 20090608. They've taken off the roof at the Unstan cairn, so you can see the interior...

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Mainland, 20090608. A nice cairn with a view of a lot of standing stones. It is the first stalled cairn...

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Mainland, 20090608. This 3100BC cairn is visibly constructed of concentric rings. It has chambers, like...

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Mainland, 2009060. Green hills, glittering lochs and standing stones. They say: "If you scratch the...

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