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Orphir (pronounced / ɔːr f ɪr /, Old Norse: Jorfjara/Orfjara [1] [2] [3]) is a parish and settlement on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. It is approximately 9 miles (14 kilometres) southwest of Kirkwall, and comprises a seaboard tract of about 7 by 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 mi (11.5 by 5.5 km), and includes Cava and the Holm of Houton. The coast includes ...
Pierowall is a village of Westray in the Orkney Islands, off the coast of the northern Scottish mainland. The village is the island's largest settlement and lies near its northern end, around Pierowall Bay. It has a variety of historical remains dating from the Neolithic, the Iron Age, the Middle Ages, and later, including a large pagan Norse ...
Orkney (/ ˈ ɔːr k n i /), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is also sometimes used, but is now considered incorrect. Part of the Northern Isles along with Shetland, Orkney is 10 miles (16 km) north of Caithness and has about 70 islands, of which 20 are ...
Stenness (pronounced / ˈ s t ɛ n ɪ s /) (Old Norse: Steinnes; Norn: Stennes) is a village and parish on the Orkney Mainland in Scotland. [1] It contains several notable prehistoric monuments including the Standing Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar.
Map of places in Orkney compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. Orkney is an archipelago located in the Northern Isles of Scotland. Having been inhabited for nearly 8,500 years, Orkney contains many settlements, hamlet and villages.
Kirkwall (Scots: Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Norn: Kirkavå; Scottish Gaelic: Bàgh na h-Eaglaise) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. First mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga, it is today the location of the headquarters of the Orkney Islands Council and a transport hub with ferries to many locations ...
Harray Stores. Harray (pronounced / ˈ h ær i /) (Old Norse: Herað; Norn: Herrað) is a parish and a village [1] on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland.It has the unique distinction of being the only parish without a coastline, instead being landlocked and sitting next to a freshwater loch.
Earl of Orkney, historically Jarl of Orkney, is a title of nobility encompassing the archipelagoes of Orkney and Shetland, which comprise the Northern Isles of Scotland. Originally founded by Norse invaders , the status of the rulers of the Northern Isles as Norwegian vassals was formalised in 1195.