Archaeologists say they have uncovered the ruins of an "incredibly rare" 5,000-year-old tomb in Orkney. The Neolithic site at Holm, East Mainland, was largely destroyed by Victorian antiquarians ...

Five thousand years ago the ancient inhabitants of Orkney—a fertile, green archipelago off the northern tip of modern-day Scotland—erected a complex of monumental buildings unlike anything ...

David Nikel is a travel writer covering cruising and Scandinavia. On the windswept islands of Orkney, where the North Sea meets the Atlantic, a story every bit as gripping as the Norse sagas is ...

cerca de las islas Orkney (en el norte de Escocia), como parte de un proyecto experimental -que busca aumentar la eficiencia energética y usar energías renovables- para entregar servicios en la ...

Orkney was previously held under Norwegian and Danish control until it became part of Scotland in 1472. The islands were used as security for the wedding dowry of Margaret of Denmark, the future ...

BBC Radio Orkney brings you 'Around Orkney' every weekday from 07:30-08:00. The programme features local news and weather, diary, the jobspot, mart report and postbag. Listen to the most recent show.

“Los aviones que vuelan a estas islas son bastante pequeños ... Además, aquellos que tengan una dirección permanente en Colonsay, Orkney, Shetland, Western Isles, Islay, Jura, Caithness ...

A critically-injured man was airlifted to hospital after being assaulted in Orkney. The incident happened on Burnmouth Road in Kirkwall on Tuesday night. Police Scotland said the 38-year-old man ...

Whale bones and some of the UK's oldest steps are among new finds unveiled at the famous Ness of Brodgar Neolithic settlement in Orkney. The Ness of Brodgar, next to the famous Ring of Brodgar ...