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Tourist Spot Attractions In Orkney Islands

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Orkney , also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain. Orkney is 16 kilometres north of the coast of Caithness and comprises approximately 70 islands, of which 20 are inhabited. The largest island, Mainland, is often referred to as the Mainland. It has an area of 523 square kilometres , making it the sixth-largest Scottish island and the tenth-largest island in the British Isles. The largest settlement and administrative centre is Kirkwall.A form of the name dates to the pre-Roman era and the islands have been inhabited for at least 8,500 years, originally occupied ...
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  • 1. North Ronaldsay Lighthouse North Ronaldsay
    North Ronaldsay is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. With an area of 690 hectares , it is the fourteenth-largest. It is mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga; in modern times it is known for its historic lighthouse, migratory bird life and unusual breed of sheep.
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  • 2. Midhowe Broch Rousay
    Midhowe Chambered Cairn is a large Neolithic chambered cairn located on the south shore of the island of Rousay, Orkney, Scotland. The name Midhowe comes from the Iron Age broch known as Midhowe Broch, that lies just west of the tomb. The broch got its name from the fact that it's the middle of three such structures that lie grouped within 500 metres of each other and Howe from the Old Norse word haugr meaning mound or barrow. Together, the broch and chambered cairn form part of a large complex of ancient structures on the shore of Eynhallow Sound separating Rousay from Mainland, Orkney.
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  • 3. The Knap O' Howar Papa Westray
    This article lists the oldest extant freestanding buildings in the United Kingdom. In order to qualify for the list a structure must: be a recognisable building either incorporate features of building work from the claimed date to at least 1.5 metres in height and/or be a listed building. incorporate features of building work of the above nature that date from no later than 1300 AD.Roads are excluded although other structures such as bridges may be included if they otherwise fulfil the above criteria.
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  • 9. Hackness Martello Tower Hoy
    Hackness Martello Tower and Battery is located on South Walls, in Orkney, Scotland.
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  • 12. Links of Noltland Westray
    Links of Noltland is an archaeological site near Grobust Bay on the north coast of Westray in Orkney, Scotland. The site contains the remains of both a Neolithic village and later Bronze Age dwellings. Excavations at the site in the 1980s found a Neolithic building, which is now in the care of Historic Scotland who are funding further excavation. In 2009 the Westray Wife was discovered, a lozenge-shaped figurine that is believed to be the earliest representation of a human face ever found in Scotland. The face has two dots for eyes, heavy brows and an oblong nose and a pattern of hatches on the body could represent clothing. Archaeologist Richard Strachan described it at the time as a find of astonishing rarity. Two further figurines were subsequently found at the site, one in 2010 and the...
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  • 13. Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery Hoy
    Lyness is a village on the east coast of the island of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland. The village is within the parish of Walls and Flotta, and is situated at the junction of the B9047 and B9048.During the 1920s Lyness was briefly the headquarters of the metal salvage firm of Cox and Danks's raising of the German High Seas Fleet, scuttled by the Germans on 21 June 1919 during the Armistice . During the Second World War it was home to HMS Proserpine, the main base for the naval fleet based at Scapa Flow.Today an Orkney Ferries Ro-Ro car ferry links it to Longhope South Walls, the island of Flotta in Scapa Flow, and Houton on Mainland, Orkney.
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