Archaeologists have harnessed the power of YouTube to bring daily reports from the latest dig at Banks Tomb in South Ronaldsay. Join the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA) team, headed …
Stunning Bottle for a Special Malt
Orkney's Highland Park distillery has unveiled the oldest ever island single malt whisky. 275 bottles of the 50 year old spirit have been produced and will launch exclusively to Harrods, before …
Neolithic Bodies in Orkney Garden
Orkney county archaeologists say that a neolithic tomb discovered in South Ronaldsay is a significant find. A bistro owner in South Ronaldsay decided to tidy his garden and ended up finding a tomb …
Ring of Brodgar
The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney is one of the largest neolithic stone circles and henges in Britain. Thought to have been built in the late Neolithic period, around 2500BC (a hundred years after …
Blast is Champion Beer
Highland brewery's Orkney Blast is named CAMRA's Champion Beer of Scotland 2010. The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), has announced that Orkney Blast produced at the Highland brewery of Birsay, has …
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 …