“I spent eight seasons excavating at the Ness of Brodgar in Orkney before COVID and some career changes put an end to my physical involvement with that site. When this record started shaping up to be ...

By Peter Ross Photographs by Kieran Dodds The Ness of Brodgar—roughly ... The largest island is referred to as the Mainland, though the Vikings knew it as Hrossey. Orkney is full of Norse ...

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The medals feature a representation of Orkney's standing stones The medals for the first International Island Games to be held in Orkney will feature an image of the islands' famous standing stones.

If Scotland has an Atlantis, this is it. The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic stone circle on the Orkney island. I recommend a visit to St John’s Head, Britain’s highest vertical cliff ...

In 2023, about 55 pilot whales were stranded on the island of Lewis, off Scotland's northwest coast. Larger mass strandings involving the whales are also quite common around Australia, New Zealand ...

Falklands National Sports Council Mike Summers recently visited Orkney island With the upcoming Island Games, Orkney 12 to 18 July 2025 just around the corner, and with the anticipated ...

The medals for the first International Island Games to be held in Orkney will feature an image of the islands' famous standing stones. Jodie Brown, 23, from Kirkwall, designed the medals and won a ...