The Orkney Isles are a place of magic and wonder for anyone interested in ancient history and archaeology. They give the impression of being completely timeless, and it's hard not to start seeing Viking longships in your mind's eye when you look out to sea. Some of these pictures are illustrative (and not always taken in the best conditions ) rather than aesthetic and are included for the benefit of all my friends in the Dorothy Dunnett community who read my report on a trip to Orkney in June 2001 made by seven of us and who wished they could have been with us.
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| Afterglow at the Ring of Brodgar | Afterglow at the Ring of Brodgar |
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| Afterglow at the Ring of Brodgar | Afterglow at the Ring of Brodgar |
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| Skara Brae | Skara Brae |
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| St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall | St Magnus Cathedral carvings |
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| St Magnus Cathedral, side door | St Magnus Cathedral stained glass - Thorkel Fostri |
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| Heading into the storm - Shapinsay ferry leaves Kirkwall | Stromness - harbourfront houses |
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| View to Hoy and Ward Hill | Yesnaby cliffs |
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| Italian Chapel | Brough of Deerness |
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| Sunset at the Ring of Brodgar | The Gloup |
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| The Bishops Palace Kirkwall | Grocers shop in Stromness - close to the house where George Mackay Brown lived. |
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| Kirkwall Harbour - with Kirkwall Hotel behind | Earl's Palace Kirkwall |
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| Stromness Main Street - Eastern end. Busy isn't it? |
Dunnet Head from the Orkney ferry |
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| Looking across Hoy Sound | View down the brae at Stromness, with Graemsay and Hoy behind |
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