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The remarkable survival of medieval churches in Orkney
There are lots of surviving medieval church remains in Orkney worthy of consideration.
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Hirdmen and Handsel
An investigation of society around the mid-15th century
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Ting sites in Scandinavia and Orkney
Thing sites were highly important for the functioning of Viking age society, as we see
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The runic inscriptions of Maeshowe: reflections of a field runologist
An investigation of the Viking runes within Maeshowe
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Orkney Norn
Orkney Norn was the language spoken in the Norse period in Orkney, and it survived up until the middle of the 18th century
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Can we make tourists love the intangible?
A look at the state of Orkney’s tourism market
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Scapa 100 – Lost futures and hidden pasts: the journey to Peace-Land
Scapa 100 was the commemoration of the end of the First World War – in Orkney
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A Viking tooth fairy?
A look at the excavations at the Bay of Skaill, Sandwick, Orkney
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Orkney’s cutting-edge role in archaeology
The waters around Orkney contain as much archeology as that above the waters, it seems
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