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Historic Attractions in Orkney Islands
Scotland, UK
This unusual lighthouse with its castellated tower was built in 1925. It is now solar powered. The tidal Island once had a...
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Wyre, Orkney, KW17 2
This Norse castle built in about 1150, is named after its first owner Kolbein (Krubbie) Hruga. A square tower, once three...
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Liddel, St. Margarets Hope, Orkney, KW17 2RW
Outstanding 5,000 year old burial cairn, named after the Sea Eagles whose talons were found buried alongside human...
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Eday, Orkney, KW17
This well-preserved chambered cairn is built of massive blocks of stone. It has a large central chamber with four side cells.
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Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Protected by a modern structure, this huge tomb, 23 metres in length is divided by upright slabs into twelve compartments....
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Scotland, UK
With 60 known shipwrecks around the island this was a place that clearly needed to be avoided. In 1896 a lighthouse was...
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Scotland, UK
This cliff top lighthouse was built in 1915 at the request of the Admiralty to mark an approach from the north to the...
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South of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK
The barriers were built in 1941-43 to stop German submarines reaching the British naval base in Scapa Flow. The 66,000...
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Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This well preserved farmstead c 2800 BC - 3700 BC was discovered in the 1930s buried under 4 metres of wind-blown sand....
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Stromness, Orkney, KW17
These tall and extraordinarily impressive standing stones were once part of a circle of twelve stones surrounded by deep...
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Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Established by the Vikings, this attractive town with its narrow streets, 12th century cathedral, Bishop's and Earl's...
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Aikerness, Orkney, KW17 2NH
Surrounded by a warren of Iron Age buildings, this broch probably dates to the first century AD.
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Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Buried some 2 metres below the ground this well-built earth house has a narrow passage leading to an oval chamber.
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Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
One of the finest early churches on Orkney. Its 12th century tower was once considerably higher. The Norse Earl, Magnus...
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Lambholm, Orkney, KW17
This delightful chapel was built in 1943-45 by Italian prisoners of war, then working on the Churchill Barriers. It is...
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| 1 | Brough of Birsay Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 2 | Cubbie Row's Castle (HS) | Wyre, Orkney, KW17 2 | |
| 3 | Tomb of the Eagles | Liddel, St. Margarets Hope, Orkney, KW17 2RW | |
| 4 | Vinquoy Chambered Cairn | Eday, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 5 | Midhowe Chambered Cairn (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 6 | Stroma Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 7 | Copinsay Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 8 | Churchill Barriers | South of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 9 | Knap o' Howar (HS) | Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 10 | Stones of Stenness (HS) | Stromness, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 11 | Kirkwall | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 12 | Broch of Gurness (HS) | Aikerness, Orkney, KW17 2NH | |
| 13 | Grain Earth House (HS) | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 14 | St Magnus Church (HS) | Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 15 | Italian Chapel | Lambholm, Orkney, KW17 |
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