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Brough of Deerness, Orkney mainland
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Orkney - Deerness and Tankerness
Brough of Deerness, Orkney mainland panorama created from 3 original photos. The top of the Brough is an easily defended site with the remains of an ancient settlement, including a chapel and a Norse or Viking settlement dating from between the 10th and the 12th centuries.
07 July 2019
Stromness harbour, Orkney
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Orkney - Stromness
Stromness, Orkney from MV Hamnavoe with trawler Viking Monarch in the harbour
18 May 2014
Remains of Norse settlement, Brough of Birsay
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Orkney - Birsay
Remains of Pictish and Norse settlement, Brough of Birsay, Orkney, looking across the causeway towards the Orkney mainland.
The Pictish settlement, of which only traces remain, dates from the 7th century. The remains today consist of a 9th century Viking-age settlement and a 12th century monastery.
