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Historic Attractions in Orkney Islands
Subcategory: Abbeys, Churches & Cathedrals, Castles & Stately Homes, Historic Sites & Monuments or Lighthouses
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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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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Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NX
This magnificent cathedral was dedicated to the Norse Earl, Magnus Erlendsson, murdered in 1116. The cathedral was...
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Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This great stone circle surrounded by a massive ditch, once 3 metres deep and 10 metres wide, is one of the most...
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Rousay, Orkney, KW17
A most unusual double storeyed chambered cairn. Each chamber has its own separate entrance.
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Isle of Wyre, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This simple 12th century building was once the chapel of a Christian Norse family.
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Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DY
This impressive mansion was built between 1846 and 1850 for David Balfour. It is little changed from Balfour's time.
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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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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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Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This outstanding tomb stands on Els Ness peninsula, a site of many burial mounds and smaller cairns. Quoyness has a...
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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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Scotland, UK
This tall lighthouse, 34m (112ft) high, on the low flat island of Auskerry was built in 1866. It was bombed by German...
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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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Near Pierowall, Westray, Orkney, KW17
With a fine ruined Z-plan tower, this impressive castle was built between 1560 and 1574 by Gilbert Balfour, from Fife. It...
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| 1 | Tomb of the Eagles | Liddel, St. Margarets Hope, Orkney, KW17 2RW | |
| 2 | Brough of Birsay Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 3 | Cubbie Row's Castle (HS) | Wyre, Orkney, KW17 2 | |
| 4 | St Magnus Cathedral | Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NX | |
| 5 | Ring of Brodgar (HS) | Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 6 | Taversoe Tuick Chambered Cairn (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 7 | St Mary's Chapel (HS) | Isle of Wyre, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 8 | Balfour Castle | Shapinsay, Orkney, KW17 2DY | |
| 9 | Churchill Barriers | South of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 10 | Grain Earth House (HS) | Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 11 | Quoyness Chambered Cairn (HS) | Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 12 | Vinquoy Chambered Cairn | Eday, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 13 | Auskerry Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 14 | Stroma Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 15 | Noltland Castle (HS) | Near Pierowall, Westray, Orkney, KW17 |
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