Stromness ‘Liberty’ Cannon

Rusting at the edge of the sheltered harbour of Stromness is a cannon said to be a relic of the Anglo-American War.
Trade routes and access to the vast grain fields of Canada became the trigger for war and the shipping lanes between Canada and Britain came under constant threat from the US Navy.
Canada was a [...]

Shell Sand at Aikerness

A rare type of rock called Aeolianite (shell sand) can be found at Aikerness in Orkney.

One of the finest examples of Aeolianite can be found in a farm field on the Orkney mainland.
In areas where the sea is rich in shellfish, tiny particles of crushed shell combine with the sand, eroded from the local sandstone [...]

Covenanters Memorial, Deerness, Orkney

Situated on a commanding peninsula with steep cliffs to one side and rolling fields to the other, is the Covenanters Memorial at Deerness on the mainland of Orkney.
Made of brick and standing possibly 10m tall, the monument at Deerness is around 300m from where a boat full of covenanters sank during a storm.
The Scottish Covenanters [...]