Northern Atlantic - Orkney


 
Arrival on Sunday / Day 1 - Monday 5th July
Ferry Scrabster-Stromness / West Mainland : Stenness Stones, Barnhouse settlement (no pics), Ring of Brodgar (plus the Comet Stone, Watchstone,
Barnhouse Stone - no pics of the latter), Maeshowe (no pics), Unstan Chambered Cairn, Scara Brae, Brough of Birsay, Gurness Broch,...

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Day 2 - Tuesday 6th July
East Mainland : Kirkwall (no pics), Grain Earth House, Minehowe (no pics), Deerness - Brough of Deerness & Mull Head LNR,
Italian Chapel (no pics), back to Stromness to deliver the car, and the bus back to Kirkwall for the 23.45 ferry to Shetland!

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Interesting archaeological etc. websites :
Superb site about Orkney History : Orkneyjar - The Heritage of the Orkney Islands
Your beacon of stone-exhaustiveness : The Megalithic Portal; but also check out
The Modern Antiquarian, a megalith-site based on the book by Julian Cope!
Orkney @ Undiscovered Scotland
Orkney @ Ancient Scotland
Orkney @ Ancient Sites Directory
Orkney @ Megalithic Mysteries
some various stuff on Stones of Scotland
Of course, history isn't all that counts, so -
nature stuff on Scottish Natural Heritage,
or on Scottish National Nature Reserves

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