#orkney — Public Fediverse posts
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A fascinating film bringing together the 20 years of work at the Ness of Brodgar in #Orkney #archaeology #Neolithic
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A fascinating film bringing together the 20 years of work at the Ness of Brodgar in #Orkney #archaeology #Neolithic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3lgIR2gFs -
A fascinating film bringing together the 20 years of work at the Ness of Brodgar in #Orkney #archaeology #Neolithic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3lgIR2gFs -
A fascinating film bringing together the 20 years of work at the Ness of Brodgar in #Orkney #archaeology #Neolithic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WO3lgIR2gFs -
A fascinating film bringing together the 20 years of work at the Ness of Brodgar in #Orkney #archaeology #Neolithic
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High costs and unreliable #deliveries for #parcels in Shetland, report finds
Consumer #Scotland has published a report into its findings in #Shetland, #Orkney and the #WesternIsles, saying #islanders faced “high #postal costs” and “inconsistent services”.
A #RoyalMail decision to move postal #flights to #Glasgow instead of #Aberdeen has often been cited as resulting in longer delivery times in Shetland.
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High costs and unreliable #deliveries for #parcels in Shetland, report finds
Consumer #Scotland has published a report into its findings in #Shetland, #Orkney and the #WesternIsles, saying #islanders faced “high #postal costs” and “inconsistent services”.
A #RoyalMail decision to move postal #flights to #Glasgow instead of #Aberdeen has often been cited as resulting in longer delivery times in Shetland.
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Heading for Hoy on a cloudless day... for #MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #Sea #Orkney #Coast #Scotland #PentlandFirth #OldManOfHoy
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Heading for Hoy on a cloudless day... for #MeerMittwoch #SeaWednesday #Sea #Orkney #Coast #Scotland #PentlandFirth #OldManOfHoy
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4/yo fundraiser met the King & got tour around #Holyrood, thoroughly enjoying the totally unforgettable experience
For official opening of new session of parliament, each #MSP brings along a “local hero” - someone who made positive contribution to their community
Gregor was born with #neurological condition affecting his balance, motor skills
His #fundraising challenge brought massive windfall for #Inclusive #Orkney.
https://orcadian.co.uk/a-totally-unforgettable-day-for-local-hero-gregor-corse/
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4/yo fundraiser met the King & got tour around #Holyrood, thoroughly enjoying the totally unforgettable experience
For official opening of new session of parliament, each #MSP brings along a “local hero” - someone who made positive contribution to their community
Gregor was born with #neurological condition affecting his balance, motor skills
His #fundraising challenge brought massive windfall for #Inclusive #Orkney.
https://orcadian.co.uk/a-totally-unforgettable-day-for-local-hero-gregor-corse/
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@fionaorkneynews
"The marks were unlike damage caused by carnivores, chewing activities during the life of the animals, or natural processes...Researchers believe the origin of these marks may be related to the use of teeth as soft hammers or anvils when working hard materials, such as stone tools"
Had always wondered how stone-age stone-working could sometimes be so precise and careful! eg wondrous #Orkney #petrospheres #dentalwork? -
@fionaorkneynews
"The marks were unlike damage caused by carnivores, chewing activities during the life of the animals, or natural processes...Researchers believe the origin of these marks may be related to the use of teeth as soft hammers or anvils when working hard materials, such as stone tools"
Had always wondered how stone-age stone-working could sometimes be so precise and careful! eg wondrous #Orkney #petrospheres #dentalwork? -
Updated SEPA Flood Alert #Orkney
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/06/26/updated-sepa-flood-alert-orkney/
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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya: Abducted, Tortured & Imprisoned
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Dr Hussam Abu Safiya: Abducted, Tortured & Imprisoned
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Is Seaweed the Answer to Orkney’s Funding Gap?
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The Trows of #Orkney and #Shetland
What is a #Trow?
According to Saxby and Edmondston’s 'Home of a #Naturalist’ (1888):
“This interesting race of #supernatural beings is closely allied to the #Scandinavian #Trolls, but has some very distinctive characteristics of its own. The Trow is not such a mischief-making #sprite as the Troll, is more #human-like in some respects, and his #nature seems cast in a #morbid, #melancholy mould.”
https://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-trows-of-orkney-and-shetland.html
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The Trows of #Orkney and #Shetland
What is a #Trow?
According to Saxby and Edmondston’s 'Home of a #Naturalist’ (1888):
“This interesting race of #supernatural beings is closely allied to the #Scandinavian #Trolls, but has some very distinctive characteristics of its own. The Trow is not such a mischief-making #sprite as the Troll, is more #human-like in some respects, and his #nature seems cast in a #morbid, #melancholy mould.”
https://faeryfolklorist.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-trows-of-orkney-and-shetland.html
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The largest structure at Barnhouse is the Sweat Lodge, Structure 8, a square pyramid timber construction with a sheltering windbreak around it and a hearth at the entrance for heating the stones.
#Barnhouse #Neolithic #Archaeology #Orkney #Prehistory
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/barnhouse-sweat-lodge.html
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The largest structure at Barnhouse is the Sweat Lodge, Structure 8, a square pyramid timber construction with a sheltering windbreak around it and a hearth at the entrance for heating the stones.
#Barnhouse #Neolithic #Archaeology #Orkney #Prehistory
https://orkneyriddler.blogspot.com/2025/06/barnhouse-sweat-lodge.html
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Barnhouse is a lucky survival. A small group of neolithic structures. Part of a straggling group of tents along the Harray Loch coast.
It also has a sweat lodge and a toilet hut! -
Barnhouse is a lucky survival. A small group of neolithic structures. Part of a straggling group of tents along the Harray Loch coast.
It also has a sweat lodge and a toilet hut! -
Flying the Flag for Orkney at VisitScotland Connect 2026
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Flying the Flag for Orkney at VisitScotland Connect 2026
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‘The Flight of the Vikings, Daring Escapes in Small Boats from Nazi-Occupied Norway 1940 – 45’ now in Paperback
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‘The Flight of the Vikings, Daring Escapes in Small Boats from Nazi-Occupied Norway 1940 – 45’ now in Paperback
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“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
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“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
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“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
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“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
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“Culture is not only a victim of war, it is also a source of resilience, dignity and hope.”
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
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The view east from the slopes of Wee Fea on the island of Hoy in Orkney, taking in Lyness and, beyond it, Scapa Flow and the islands of Fara and Flotta. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/hoy/lyness/index.html
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'It's overwhelming': #Plastic from 1960s #Canada washes up on #Orkney beach
Evie McGowan, February 18, 2026
"Plastic bottles and debris which appears to have originated in Canada and dates back to the 1960s and 70s has washed up on an Orkney beach.
"Litter pickers say they are 'overwhelmed' by the amount of plastic they have found on the shoreline at #HowarSands in Sanday over the last few weeks.
David Warner, who organises beach cleans, said he gathered 42 plastic bottles from the shore last year - yet already this year he has found hundreds.
Experts blame 'fairly extraordinary weather', with strong south-easterly winds, for the increase in '#RetroRubbish'."Warner, 35, said some of the plastic bottles he has discovered on Sanday appear to have originated in #Newfoundland and #Labrador in Canada.
"He worries that even more detritus will wash up on the beach in the future.
'We haven't hit rubbish from the nineties and noughties, so that's going to be extortionate amounts,' he said."Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k8g4p44l0oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/D2xFR#Scotland #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife
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'It's overwhelming': #Plastic from 1960s #Canada washes up on #Orkney beach
Evie McGowan, February 18, 2026
"Plastic bottles and debris which appears to have originated in Canada and dates back to the 1960s and 70s has washed up on an Orkney beach.
"Litter pickers say they are 'overwhelmed' by the amount of plastic they have found on the shoreline at #HowarSands in Sanday over the last few weeks.
David Warner, who organises beach cleans, said he gathered 42 plastic bottles from the shore last year - yet already this year he has found hundreds.
Experts blame 'fairly extraordinary weather', with strong south-easterly winds, for the increase in '#RetroRubbish'."Warner, 35, said some of the plastic bottles he has discovered on Sanday appear to have originated in #Newfoundland and #Labrador in Canada.
"He worries that even more detritus will wash up on the beach in the future.
'We haven't hit rubbish from the nineties and noughties, so that's going to be extortionate amounts,' he said."Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c2k8g4p44l0oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/D2xFR#Scotland #PlasticPollution #Microplastics #WaterIsLife #OceansAreLife
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I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.
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I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.
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I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.
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I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.
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I yearn to work somewhere with a quarry. Rebuilding a 200 year old sea wall using the same shore stone that made it is great discipline but I dream of stones with flat tops and straight sides, rather than wonky lines and so much time spent on pinning each rock into place.
