A Norse saga relates the tale of a group of Vikings forced to shelter for three nights in Maeshowe burial chamber in Orkney. During this time the Norse carved runes into the walls. From the runes ...

Orkahaugr is famous these days as Maeshowe ... hint at social and trade links with Scotland’s west coast, but the connections go much farther. Orkney seems to have been a cultural and ...

The Heart of Neolithic Orkney is vulnerable to the sea level changes, precipitation changes, and storm intensity and ...

Historic Environment Scotland (HES) and Orkney Islands Council (OIC ... Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, and the Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge) are ...

Located off the northern coast of Scotland is Orkney, an archipelago consisting of over 70 islands, 20 of which are inhabited ...