On the Wednesday following the last Tuesday in January, Shetland shuts down. It is the only place in Scotland to have an ...

Councilor Stockan told BBC Radio Scotland there were many areas where Orkney was being “failed dreadfully” by both the UK and Scottish governments. He said: “We are really struggling at the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Orkney is one of Scotland’s 32 unitary council areas. It is an archipelago of approximately 70 islands that lies 16 kilometres north of the coast of Caithness. 20 of the islands are inhabited.

Orkney has just been named the best place to live in Britain, according to the Halifax’s annual quality of life survey. The further north you travel in Scotland, the wilder and more wondrous it ...