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‘Views in Orkney and on the North Eastern Coast of Scotland’ by Countess Duchess of Sutherland (Elizabeth Leveson-Gower, 1765-1839)
Many people will be familiar with the significant part Countess Duchess of Sutherland, the Marchioness of Stafford, had to play in the Highland Clearances. It is not so widely known that she was a visual artist of some skill.
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Sir David Sinclair’s fine clothes listed in his will in 1506
We look at a the list of clothes and other possessions belonging to the Sinclair family after the pledging of Orkney and Shetland to Scotland in 1468-9.
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Orkney: Late Medieval Dress
This article discusses Late Medieval Dress in Orkney the visual evidence for which is minimal, with only a small handful of carvings and statues.
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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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