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Historic Attractions in Orkney Islands
Subcategory: Abbeys, Churches & Cathedrals, Historic Sites & Monuments, Lighthouses or Towns & Villages
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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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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Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK
This historic town developed during the 18th century after it was chosen by the Hudson's Bay Company as a base for...
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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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Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
On this island, easily accessible at low tide, there was once a major Pictish and Viking settlement. The ruins of a 12th...
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Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK
Standing on a promontory and protected by a massive rampart, the broch and its associated buildings are very...
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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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Scotland, UK
This 1898 lighthouse, built at the edge of spectacular 79m (260ft) high cliffs on the Island of Westray, was the first to...
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North Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17
Built in 1789 on North Ronaldsay, this is the oldest lighthouse in the Northern Isles. It ceased operation in 1854 after...
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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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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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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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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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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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Rousay, Orkney, KW17
A most unusual double storeyed chambered cairn. Each chamber has its own separate entrance.
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| 1 | Brough of Birsay Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 2 | St Magnus Church (HS) | Egilsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 3 | Stromness | Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 4 | Quoyness Chambered Cairn (HS) | Sanday, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 5 | Brough of Birsay (HS) | Birsay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 6 | Midhowe Broch (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 7 | Churchill Barriers | South of Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 8 | Noup Head Lighthouse | Scotland, UK | |
| 9 | Dennis Head Lighthouse | North Ronaldsay, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 10 | St Mary's Chapel (HS) | Isle of Wyre, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 11 | Knap o' Howar (HS) | Papa Westray, Orkney, Scotland, UK | |
| 12 | Vinquoy Chambered Cairn | Eday, Orkney, KW17 | |
| 13 | St Magnus Cathedral | Broad Street, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NX | |
| 14 | Broch of Gurness (HS) | Aikerness, Orkney, KW17 2NH | |
| 15 | Taversoe Tuick Chambered Cairn (HS) | Rousay, Orkney, KW17 |
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