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St Magnus Cathedral has just three bells - all seen here. They are unusual (at... (more)

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The weather vane at the very top of HY4410 : Kirkwall - St Magnus Cathedral - Spire atop the tower. I think that this metal... (more)

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Between inner and outer walls of the cathedral are a network of stone... (more)

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Looking down on the choir (or quire) of St Magnus Cathedral. This is situated at... (more)

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Elizabeth Cuthbert died in 1685. She is buried in the Cathedral next to some of... (more)

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This striking doorway is in the west front of St Magnus Cathedral... (more)

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A slightly closer view of the clock mechanism seen in HY4410 : Kirkwall - St Magnus Cathedral - Clock mechanism and hands The little... (more)

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The old clock mechanism is seen in its frame here with two of the clock's... (more)

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Unusually, St Magnus's bells are static and it is the clappers that move,... (more)

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A closer view of one of the three bells in the Bell Loft of St Magnus Cathedral.... (more)

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Taken from the parapet running around the top of the tower of St Magnus... (more)

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Looking northwards over the top of the roof of the North Transept from the... (more)

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Looking eastwards from the parapet around the top of the tower of St Magnus... (more)

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Within the walls of St Magnus Cathedral are passageways that snake lead through... (more)

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Looking up at the southern wall of the Choir (Quire) in St Magnus Cathedral near... (more)

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These two stained glass windows are high up in the northern wall of the North... (more)

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Taken from a gallery of the Crossing looking down on where the North Transept... (more)

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A view down into the South Transept of St Magnus Cathedral from a gallery high... (more)

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A view down into the North Transept of St Magnus Cathedral from a gallery high... (more)

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Looking down on the nave of St Magnus Cathedral from high up in the galleries... (more)

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The fine Romanesque Rib-groined vaulting of the nave of St Magnus, Kirkwall.... (more)

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There are aisles to north and south either side of both the nave and the choir.... (more)

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Looking along the eastern section of the Nave, past the Crossing and the Choir... (more)

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The west window was installed in 1987 to mark the 850th anniversary of the... (more)

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Taken from the Crossing where the nave, choir and transepts meet looking... (more)

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This memorial of 1688 is to Nicola Traill and David Covingtrie. The woman... (more)

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This is a particularly fine 'Memento mori' (Latin for "remember... (more)

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The northern façade of the western end of the nave and the North Transept of St... (more)

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Looking at the west front and southern façade of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall... (more)

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Looking down on the magnificent edifice of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall from... (more)

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The northeastern section of the Viking/Norse village that gre up around the... (more)

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The entrance to the tunnel that leads to the Central Chamber of Maeshowe.... (more)

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The pathway that leads to the Maeshowe Neolithic chambered cairn on Mainland,... (more)

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A general view of the Stones of Stenness which have stood for about 5000 years... (more)

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Skaill House is adjacent to the neolithic village of Skara Brae in Sandwick... (more)

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There are many interesting (and mainly inexplicable) features within the central... (more)

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Having entered through HY3826 : Broch of Gurness - Entrance to the broch the interior of the Pictish/Iron Age broch,... (more)

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The parlour is situated at the western end of HY2825 : Kirbuster - Farm Museum - Northern range and is the most... (more)

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The centrally positioned fire means that the room fills with smoke which escapes... (more)

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Looking inside the ruined barn which is attached to HY2825 : Kirbuster - Farm Museum - Kiln

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This whalebone arch is over the gate leading from the HY2825 : Kirbuster - Farm Museum - Victorian Garden to the path... (more)

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The northern range of the farm museum at Kirbuster is considerably younger than... (more)

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At the eastern end of the Kirbuster Farm museum this cylindrical or... (more)

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Three boards on the approach to the Chambered Cairn at Maeshowe give information... (more)

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This building is near to the entrance to the Broch of Gurness site. The most... (more)

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The Watch Stone is an outlier of the Stones of Stenness situated 600'... (more)

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One of the remaining original megaliths of the Stones of Stenness dominates the... (more)

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Looking through the slot made by the two upright "hearth" stones with... (more)

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Two of the remaining megaliths of the Stones of Stenness with the Loch of... (more)

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Another view of the ditches and ramparts seen in HY3826 : Broch of Gurness - Multiple ditches to west of the broch with the little... (more)

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