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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.
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This earth house, in a farm yard, was discovered in 1926 when a threshing machine went through its roof. The large oval...
Isle of Wyre, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This simple 12th century building was once the chapel of a Christian Norse family.
Aikerness, Orkney, KW17 2NH
Surrounded by a warren of Iron Age buildings, this broch probably dates to the first century AD.
Scotland, UK
This 1898 lighthouse, built at the edge of spectacular 79m (260ft) high cliffs on the Island of Westray, was the first to...
Stenness, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HA
The finest megalithic tomb in the British Isles, built in Neolithic times before 2700 BC. Runic inscriptions tell of how...
Lyness, Hoy, Orkney Islands, KW16 3NU
Displays in the naval base pumphouse tell the story of Scapa Flow in two world wars.
| 1 | Grain Earth House (HS) | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 2 | Rennibister Earth House (HS) | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 3 | St Mary's Chapel (HS) | Isle of Wyre, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 4 | Broch of Gurness (HS) | Aikerness, Orkney, KW17 2NH | |
| 5 | Noup Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 6 | Maes Howe (HS) | Stenness, Stromness, Orkney, KW16 3HA | |
| 7 | Scapa Flow Visitor Centre | Lyness, Hoy, Orkney Islands, KW16 3NU |
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