Orkney and Shetland

Orkney and Shetland PDF

Author: Clyde Cruising Club

Publisher: Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd

Published: 2020-03-25

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 1786791714

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The second edition of this comprehensive guide to Orkney and Shetland, which includes Fair Isle. It also covers the 'jumping off' harbours on south side of the Pentland Firth and the mainland coast of Scotland between Inverness and Cape Wrath. The guide has been fully updated throughout. In the same style as the other Clyde Cruising Club Sailing directions published under the Imray imprint. The section on the north coast of Scotland draws on work previously published from Martin Lawrence.

Maeshowe and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney

Maeshowe and the Heart of Neolithic Orkney PDF

Author: Rachel Pickering

Publisher:

Published: 2023-03-09

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781849172479

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The chambered tomb of Maeshowe sits in one of the richest and best preserved Neolithic landscapes in Europe. This was a place of stone circles, villages and burial monuments; a place where people lived, worshipped and honoured their dead. The surviving evidence tells us that about 5,000 years ago, Orkney was a thriving focus whose influence was felt many miles away.Aside from Maeshowe, visitors can discover Neolithic houses at Skara Brae and Barnhouse, dramatic stone-circled henges such as the Stones of Stenness and the Ring of Brodgar, and the astonishing ceremonial centre at Ness of Brodgar, still being uncovered by archaeologists.The importance of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney was marked in 1999 when some of its key monuments were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This book will help you to explore and understand the Site, and discover other related monuments in the area.

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