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4.2/5 (based on Google user reviews)
User Reviews
Irene Dayer (2 years ago)
Norse site with early church...distinctive round architecture..loved it.
Norse site with early church...distinctive round architecture..loved it.
gary spear (2 years ago)
Very interesting.
Very interesting.
Stuart Ramsay (2 years ago)
Small museum but perfectly formed. Part of larger project across Orkney.
Small museum but perfectly formed. Part of larger project across Orkney.
Julie Hodgkinson (2 years ago)
There is a small, free car park and visitor centre with displays and an extremely good video presentation that explains the links between the site and the Orkneyinga saga. The round church, the oldest surviving in Scotland, was probably built in the 12th Century by Earl Hákon Pálsson and said to have been inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which the earl visited after the first crusade to atone for ordering the murder of St Magnus. Also on the site are the remains of a hall, likely the drinking hall attested to by the Orkneyinga Saga.
There is a small, free car park and visitor centre with displays and an extremely good video presentation that explains the links between the site and the Orkneyinga saga. The round church, the oldest surviving in Scotland, was probably built in the 12th Century by Earl Hákon Pálsson and said to have been inspired by the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which the earl visited after the first crusade to atone for ordering the murder of St Magnus. Also on the site are the remains of a hall, likely the drinking hall attested to by the Orkneyinga Saga.
sharan s (2 years ago)
Ok
Ok
