Arts & Entertainment in Orkney

Portree_Kid (3989 points) 02-04-2008 •••••5

This chapel is awesome. It was built by some Italian POWs in WWII using plasterboard and leftover concrete. more...

Portree_Kid (3989 points) 02-04-2008 •••••5

I don’t have much to add to the previous poster. Just make sure to visit it when on the Orkney Islands. more...

dmj1962 (46934 points) 04-12-2007 •••••5

This is a ruined Iron-Age broch and associated prehistoric village from around the first or second century BC, with an absolutely spectacular setti... more...

dmj1962 (46934 points) 30-11-2007 •••••5

Maeshowe looks like little more than a grassy mound from the nearby main road. But it is the finest chambered tomb in northern Europe - bar none. O... more...

dmj1962 (46934 points) 29-11-2007 •••••5

The Dwarfie Stane lies a short walk from the road between Quoyness and Rackwick. It's a 5,000-year old neolithic tomb, hollowed out of a huge singl... more...