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Blogbeiträge zum Thema Orkney
Rousay
It was time for a day trip to Rousay, the little island just vis a vis from Evie and the Broch of Gurness. It is the 6th largest island of Orkney and around 200 people live in Rousay. Travelling there is a bit scary, at least the part when you have to ...
SotlandNatureTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoad TripScotlandScottish IslesTravelThe Knowes of Trotty
The Knowes of Trotty – I actually “found” them while looking for a nice little walk in Orkney. And taking a little hike to a Bronze Age cemetery really sounded intriguing. I circled around them first as I couldn´t find the starting p...
SotlandNatureTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoad TripScotlandScottish IslesTravelIsle of Birsay
From the Earl´s Palace, it was just a short drive to get to the parking for the Isle of Birsay, a tidal island linked to the headland by a concrete causeway visible only when the sea retreats. It is about a two-hour window before and after low tide th...
SotlandNatureTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoad TripScotlandScottish IslesTravelEarl´s Palace Birsay
It´s been a long day already, but there was one more thing I wanted to do – the Isle of Birsay, which one only can visit during low tide. But right next to the pathway, or better said, nearby is the Earl´s Palace and invites for a short visit. ...
SotlandTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoadtripScotlandScottish IslesTravelItalian Chapel
The Italian Chapel in Orkney, built on the Island Lamb Holm by Italian prisoners of war, is a very special reminder of hard times. In October 1939 a German submarine under the command of Gunther Prien entered Scapa Flow and sank the British battleship ...
SotlandTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoad TripScotlandScottish IslesTravelSaint Margarets Hope
After spending some time in the Ring of Brodgar, I continued along the road further down south, crossing the Churchill barriers until I arrived at Saint Margaret’s Hope on the island of South Ronaldsay. St. Margarets Hope is the third largest set...
SotlandTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoad TripScotlandScottish IslesRing of Brodgar
The Ring of Brodgar is one of the biggest stone circles in the UK – it is only one of two in the Ness of Brodgar, the heart of the Neolithic Orkney. The 27 remaining stones have a height between 2 metres to almost 5 metres and form a circle with ...
SotlandNatureTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoadtripScotlandScottish IslesTravelSkaill House
It was the owner of Skaill House, William Watt, the Laird of Breckness, who discovered Skara Brae in 1850 after a big storm. Watt was an ambitious hobby archaeologist and started the excavation of the Neolithic settlement. He unearthed four of the buil...
SotlandTravelMy Scottish SummerOrkneyRoad TripScotlandScottish IslesTravelUkSkara Brae
In 1850 a storm uncovered something truly special lying under the sand dunes next to Skaill beach in Orkney: Skara Brae – a Neolithic settlement. The Neolithic village of Skara Brae was discovered in the winter of 1850. Wild storms ripped the gra...
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