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Island life in Orkney,Scotland. All photos are my own.
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#BishopsPalace #StMagnusCathedral #Kirkwall #Orkney #Scotland #Cross #Vikings #History #CelticCross #Crosses #Medieval #NorwegianCatholicChurch #Norway
June 8, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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Back view of @stmagnuscathedral.bsky.social and cemetery.
#Orkney #StMagnusCathedral #Kirkwall #Scotland #Vikings #StMagnus #History #Norway #Denmark #medievalhistory
June 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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An Orkney sunset.
#Orkney #Scotland #IslandLife #Sunset #Photography #Sky
April 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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View from inside Skaill House featuring an Orkney Chair.

#SkaillHouse #SkaraBrae #Orkney #Scotland #ScottishHistory #History #Photography #OrkneyChair #TraditionalCrafts #Architecture
April 16, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Entrance to Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn, Orkney, Scotland

#Orkney #OrkneyTravel #Scotland #Neolithic #Burial #History #Orcadian #AncientHistory #History #Photography #NorthernIsles #IslandLife
April 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Earl’s Palace in central Kirkwall, Orkney.
#Earl’sPalace #Orkney #Scotland #Kirkwall #NorthernIsles #Palaces #History #17thCentury #StoneBuilding #Architecture #Renaissance #Masonry #EarlOrkney
April 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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Tonight’s sunset from my backyard.

#IslandLife #Orkney #Scotland #CountryLife #Sunset #NorthernIsles #Nature #FarmingLife #Farms #Sky
April 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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View of Damsay Islet from Curween Hill Chambered Cairn in Finstown, Orkney, Scotland.

#Orkney #Scotland #NorthernIsles #Neolithic #VikingHistory #Vikings #History
April 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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The Broch of Gurness, #Evie #Orkney #Scotland #Neolithic #History #Design #Islands #Pictish #IronAge #Eynhallow #VikingBurial
March 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
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The news can be hard work sometimes but it's the 1st of March and the spring bulbs are flowering and look how much William Hourston loved his dog. ❤️

#PhotographicArchives
A black and white archive photograph of Orkney photographer William Hourston and his dog
March 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
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It was 553 year ago today,
Orkney and Shetland came along to play.
They're both a really nice group of isles,
and they're guaranteed to raise a smile.
So may I introduce to you,
The act you've known for all these years...

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natlibscot.bsky.social National Library of Scotland @natlibscot.bsky.social · Feb 20
#OTD in 1472, Shetland and Orkney officially became a part of Scotland 💙

The islands, depicted here in Nicolas Sanson's 1665 map, had been annexed by the Kingdom of Norway in the 10th century 🏝️

Explore the map in more detail > maps.nls.uk/view/00000989
1665 map of Shetland, Orkney, and the Fair Isle, created by cartographer Nicolas Sanson.
February 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Northern Lights from my backyard. #orkney#scotland#islandlife#northernlights#nature#skies
February 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM