Do bats really bide in belfries? Why do bats “buzz” biting beasties? How many sorts of bat are there in Orkney and what do they make of Orkney's blustery weather and short summer nights? Have you …
Plaque unveiled to Stromness sailors
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 …
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Haltwhistle – 290 miles from north Orkney
It is often strange how and where you come across references to places or people. Standing proud in a north of England town is a fingerpost, celebrating that north Orkney is only 290 miles …
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Painting by A.R. Woods found
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 …
Neolithic life not so peaceful
Studies of skulls of Neolithic men, women and children buried in Orkney’s Tomb of the Eagles, show a less peaceful life than previously thought. Orkneyjar, Archaeology News reports that, according …
Hangie Bay, Tankerness
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 …