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  • Kirkwall, Scotland)
    Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. There is no history of Gaelic in Orkney. The name Kirkwall comes from...
    31 KB (2,435 words) - 14:18, 4 April 2024
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    Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) – the second largest in the...
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    Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin (c. 1345 – c. 1400) was a Scottish noblesse. Sinclair held the title Earl of Orkney (which refers to Norðreyjar...
    24 KB (2,711 words) - 08:31, 27 April 2024
  • Orkney Football Club is a senior association football club from the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The club was founded in 2012 and competes in the North Caledonian...
    5 KB (341 words) - 12:26, 15 April 2024
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    Heart of Neolithic Orkney is a group of Neolithic monuments on the Mainland of the Orkney Islands, Scotland. The name was adopted by UNESCO when it proclaimed...
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    The Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest...
    12 KB (1,257 words) - 22:05, 3 January 2024
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    kilometres (10 mi) due south of Orkney is the Scottish mainland. The two most northerly provinces of mainland Scotland, Caithness and Sutherland, fell...
    71 KB (9,826 words) - 17:10, 16 June 2023
  • Skara Brae - Heart of Neolithic Orkney
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    Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland. It consisted of ten clustered houses, made of flagstones...
    34 KB (3,780 words) - 01:34, 21 March 2024
  • Orkney & Shetland)
    mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and highly influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland and Orkney. There...
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