The Ring Of Brodgar Stone Circle And Henge, which is part of The Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, is a spectacu ...
The Italian Chapel is a highly ornate Catholic chapel on Lamb Holm. It was built during World War II by Italian prisoners of ...
The Broch of Gurness is an Iron Age broch village. Settlement here began sometime between 500 and 200 BC. At the centre of th ...
The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument and may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Various tradit ...
Midhowe Broch is an iron-age structure situated on a narrow promontory between two steep-sided creeks, on the north side of E ...
Highland Park distillery is the most northerly whisky distillery in Scotland, half a mile farther north than that at Scapa di ...
The Neolithic Barnhouse was discovered in 1984 by Colin Richards. Excavations were conducted between 1986 and 1991, over time ...
A tidal island off the north coast of the Orkney mainland, the Brough of Birsay was intensively settled from the 7th to the 1 ...
Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave. It was probably built around 2800 BCE. It gives its name to the Ma ...
The Dwarfie Stane is a megalithic chambered tomb carved out of a titanic block of Devonian Old Red Sandstone located in a ste ...
Noltland Castle dates mainly to the later 16th century, although it was never fully completed. In 1560 Adam Bothwell, Bishop ...
Blackhammer Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic cairn on Rousay. It is thought to date from around 3000 BC. The structure is a typ ...
Burroughston Broch is an Iron Age structure located on the island of Shapinsay. Excavated in the mid 19th century, Burroughst ...
Unstan is a particularly well preserved Neolithic chambered cairn, and somewhat unusual, example of an Orkney–Cromarty ...
Mine Howe is a prehistoric subterranean man-made chamber dug 20 feet deep inside a large mound. The origin of the howe (from ...
Cuween Hill Chambered Cairn is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating back to around 3,000 BCE. It is cairn of similar design to ...
The roofless remains of St. Magnus Church stand on the western side of Egilsay – dominating the island on which St Magn ...
The Broch of Borwick is an Iron Age living structure. It has an external diameter of 17 metres and an internal diameter of 8 ...
The Lady Kirk at Pierowall is one of two ruined churches on the island of Westray. It was built in 1674, on the foundations o ...
The Tomb of the Eagles, or Isbister Chambered Cairn, is a Neolithic chambered tomb. First explored by Ronald Simison, a farme ...
Westside Church is a 12th century church located on the island of Westray. It is in ruins, and is maintained by Historic Scot ...
Though built around an older structure that dates at least from the 18th century, the present Balfour Castle was built in 184 ...
The Quoyness chambered cairn is located on Sanday in Orkney. It is approximately 5,000 years old and is located on the shores ...
St. Mary"s Chapel is a chapel dating from the 12th century on the island of Wyre. Little is known about this chapel, whi ...
Cubbie Roo"s Castle, built about 1150, is one of the oldest castles in Scotland and was mentioned in the Orkneyinga Saga ...
Castle Bloody is a prehistoric feature on the island of Shapinsay, Orkney, Scotland. Hogan observes that while the feature is ...
Eynhallow Church is probably the ruin of a 12th-century Benedicitne monastery. Because of the name of the isle it is likely t ...
Broch of Ayre, also known as St. Mary"s Broch, is an Iron Age structure in Orkney. It was first excavated in December 19 ...
The Broch of Burrian is an Iron Age structure, which stands on a small headland next to a rocky shoreline. It is separated fr ...