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 …
The Ridgeland, Kirkwall
A heritage plaque on a fairly insignificant building on a Kirkwall street indicates the site of a 17th century Town Hall and Prison. On the corner of Albert Street and The Strynd, …
St. Magnus Cathedral
A large part of the imposing and magnificent St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall has stood for over 850 years. In 1137, work started on this church built of red and yellow sandstone, to house the …
Stromness Parish church Barometer
Housed within a concrete and glass frame outside a church in Orkney, is a public barometer. Standing around 1m high and kept under lock and key the scientific equipment is an unusual sight to see …
Groatie Hoose, Kirkwall
Within the high walls at the rear of Tankerness House, the home of the Orkney Museum, is the unusual building called the Groatie Hoose. Set as a focal point to the well manicured lawns and tended …