Kirkwall is the largest town and capital of the Orkney Islands, off the north coast of Great Britain. The town is first mentioned in Orkneyinga saga in the year 1046 when it is recorded as the residence of Rögnvald Brusason the Earl of Orkney, who was killed by his uncle Thorfinn the Mighty. In 1486, King James III of Scotland elevated Kirkwall to the status of a royal burgh; modern roadsigns still indicate "The City and Royal Burgh of Kirkwall".
Population: 8,500
Latitude: 58° 59' 5.24" N
Longitude: -2° 57' 31.43" W
The Superstation Orkney, also known as just The Superstation, was a community radio station, broadcasting to Orkney and Caithness. Until it's closure in November 2014, the station was Orkney's only independent radio station, and broadcast 'a broad r…
Tankerness is a district in the St Andrews parish in Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. Essentially a peninsula, it is about 13 kilometres (8 mi) south-east of Kirkwall and 1 kilometre (0.6 mi) east of Kirkwall Airport. The origin of the place name is unce…
Switha is a small uninhabited island towards the south of Orkney, Scotland, approximately 41 hectares in area.
St Andrews is a parish in Mainland, Orkney. It is located east of the town of Kirkwall and the parish of St Ola and lies north of Holm and west of Deerness.
Rinyo was a Neolithic settlement on the island of Rousay in Orkney, Scotland. The site was discovered in the winter of 1837-38 on the lands of Bigland Farm in the north east of the island at grid reference HY439322. It was excavated in 1938 and 1946…
Mill Dam, Shapinsay is a wetland in western Shapinsay, in Orkney, Scotland.
Linton Chapel is a ruined chapel on the east coast of Shapinsay, Orkney (Grid Reference HY5218). The chapel is thought to date as early as the 12th century AD.
Holm (pronounced /hæm/ ) is a parish on Mainland, Orkney.
Helliar Holm is an uninhabited island off the coast of Shapinsay in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. It is home to a 42-foot-tall (13 m) lighthouse, which was built in 1893 and automated in 1967. It is a tidal island that used to be connected to Shapin…
The Hall of Clestrain is a house in the parish of Orphir, Orkney, Scotland.
Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is marked as a chambered mound on the UK Ordnance Survey map, the structure is more properly and specifically classified as a …
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic cairn on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland.
The Barrel of Butter, formerly known as Carlin Skerry, is a skerry situated in Scapa Flow in the Orkney Islands.
Trumland is a Category B listed house and associated estate on Rousay, in Orkney, Scotland, built in its present form in 1875. Designed by David Bryce, the house was commissioned by Sir F W Traill-Burroughs in 1870, as a new family home for himself …
Toab is a settlement on the Orkney Mainland.
The Gloup (grid reference HY591078) is a collapsed sea cave in the Mull Head Nature Reserve in the islands of Orkney, Scotland.
Rysa Little is an uninhabited island in the Orkney archipelago in Scotland.
The Point of Hellia is a headland on the northwest coast of the Orkney Mainland, Scotland.