The long term health of the Papdale Woods is being boosted with help from Pupils of Kirkwall Grammar Sschool.Assisted by the Orkney Woodlands Project, a group of S3 pupils will be planting around … [Read more...]
Stenness reveals new archaeology
October 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Orkney Archaeologists may have discovered one of the largest stone circles in Britain.A report in the New Scotsman on 9th October announced findings from Seismic images taken in the Loch of … [Read more...]
Plaque unveiled to Stromness sailors
August 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A plaque remembering the crew of the Rachel in 1786 has been unveiled in the Faroe Islands. Council Convener Stephen Hagan travelled to the Faroe Islandsto unveil a memorial plaque to twenty sailors … [Read more...]
New Flotta walking trail
July 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A new eight mile circular walking trail has opened on Flotta, Orkney, Scotland.The Flotta Trail takes in an array of wartime archaeology including the Naval Cinema and the Port War Signal … [Read more...]
Painting by A.R. Woods found
July 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Joan has been in touch, from Ontario in Canada, with details of a painting she thinks may be by the same painter as the mural at the Ness Gun Battery in Orkney.You may remember that towards … [Read more...]
Hangie Bay, Tankerness
April 14, 2011 By Leave a Comment
There seems to be a consensus of opinion that the place where the bodies of the SS Noss Head were washed ashore is Hangie Bay.Hangie bay/geo is situated between Lea Taing and Rerwick Head in … [Read more...]
Seeking SS Noss Head Information
February 13, 2011 By 3 Comments
One of our readers is trying to find out more information about the sinking of the S.S. Noss Head in 1941.Whilst researching a family tree, our reader discovered that her grandfather, … [Read more...]
Orkney Snowdrops
January 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Swathes of snowdrops attract early spring walkers and perhaps the most northerly of these is at Binscarth wood on the Orkney mainland.One of Orkney’s most beautiful woodland walks can be … [Read more...]
Orkney’s Soltice Lunar Eclipse
December 28, 2010 By Leave a Comment
A lunar eclipse on the winter solstice is a rare event that few will witness. The last lunar Solstice eclipse was 372 years ago.The Orcadian newspaper astronomer, John Vetterlein of Rousay, takes … [Read more...]
Fur Trader’s Gardens
A PhD history candidate at York University is looking for anyone who can share their Orkney gardening experience to shed light on the Hudson Bay Company fur trader's gardens.She is writing her … [Read more...]