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 …
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 …
Skara Brae, Orkney
Skara Brae is probably the best preserved neolithic settlement in Britain. Overlooking the Bay of Skaill, it gives us an insight into the lives of our Orkney ancestors. In 1850, severe storms and …
Tankerness House, Kirkwall
The pre reformation Tankerness House in Kirkwall is now home to the Orkney Museum, but has a wealth of history of it's own. Opposite St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall is Orkney's finest town house, …
Malcolm Laing – Historian
Malcolm Laing was a Scottish lawyer and historian born in Orkney to Robert Laing and Barbara Blaw in 1762. A blue heritage plaque marks the now seemingly insignificant site in Kirkwall. Born at his …
Orkney nature project moves forward
A project to help make it easier to get up close to the wildlife on Orkney has come a stage closer thanks to new funding. RSPB Scotland has announced that the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Orkney …
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