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The Heritage of the Orkney Islands

www.orkneyjar.com (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 17.11.2006
[weetoon, 17.11.2006] This multi-award winning site by Sigurd Towrie contains a number of articles on the history and heritage of the Orkney Islands. These are illustrated with photographs and drawings. A segment on customs and traditions contains a list of annual festivities, including some that are still celebrated today. Another section looks at the meaning and origin of Orcadian place names. There is also a picture blog which can be browsed by date or by category, and a page offers a selec [more] [weetoon, 17.11.2006] This multi-award winning site by Sigurd Towrie contains a number of articles on the history and heritage of the Orkney Islands. These are illustrated with photographs and drawings. A segment on customs and traditions contains a list of annual festivities, including some that are still celebrated today. Another section looks at the meaning and origin of Orcadian place names. There is also a picture blog which can be browsed by date or by category, and a page offers a selection of links to other sites. The homepage highlights the more recent news and a selection of pages from the site, and allows to navigate to any other part. There is also a search facility.

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Orkney Website

www.orkney.org (Official Page)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 16.11.2006
[weetoon [more] [weetoon, 16.11.2006] Partly funded by the Orkney Tourist Board, this site provides the visitor with information on the different islands under the title 'Island Hopping', on events that take place there, on the wildlife of Orkney and its culture and history with a time-line of events on the islands. Some of the information applies particularly to visitors with children.

There is also a section more specifically on the islands' heritage, with attractions on the different islands and maps.

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Orkney Archaeological Trust

www.oat.org.uk (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 17.11.2006
[weetoon, 17.11.2006] This site offers archaeological information on a number of neolithic sites on Orkney with illustrated commentary. It also documents a number of digs by means of journals, again with accompanying photographs.

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Walk Orkney

www.walkorkney.com (Official Page)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 19.11.2006
[weetoon, 19.11.2006] This site by the Orkney Islands Council provides information on walks on different islands of Orkney. To access the island of your choice, click on the map and you will be able to download PDF guides of your chosen walk. Note that at present, not all islands have walking information available on this site.

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Orkney Viking Trail

www.orkneyvikingtrail.com (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 19.11.2006
[weetoon [more] [weetoon, 19.11.2006] This site retraces the history of the Vikings in Orkney, from first travelling there to settling and finally establishing themselves and their culture. Two tours are suggested to take in some of the Viking sites on the islands. These are timed and show entry fees and contact information. A map is provided which highlights the tour and each stop opens up in a pop-up window when clicked. There is also information on doing the tours by public transport where possible.

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Ancient Orkney

www.garioch.demon.co.uk (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 18.12.2006
[weetoon, 18.12.2006] This page shows some of the ancient monuments of Orkney, inlcuding some that are part of the 'Neolithic Heart of Orkney', a UNESCO world heritage site. The sites are a broch and a chambered tomb on Rousay Island, the Brough of Birsay, the Ring of Brodgar, the Tomb of the Eagles on South Ronaldsay, Skara Brae and Stenness. There are photos for each site which can be downloaded.

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Trip to the Orkney Islands

www.pbase.com (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 25.11.2006
[weetoon, 25.11.2006] This photo diary documents a trip to Orkney in May 2005, starting from John O'Groats on the Scottish Mainland and taking in a number of the islands and sights. You can select which picture size you require to fit your browser and once the picture is enlarged, you can navigate through the gallery by using the next button.

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Aurora Borealis Gallery

www.orcadian.co.uk (Online-Newspapers)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 20.11.2006
[weetoon, 20.11.2006] This page from the local Orkney newspaper, the Orcadian, shows a gallery of photographs of Aurora Borealis, or Northern Lights, seen in the Orkney sky. For each picture the date and location is indicated as well as some technical information on how the picture was taken.

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Aerial Photos of Orkney

www.alanmoar.flyer.co.uk (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 21.11.2006
[weetoon, 21.11.2006] This site shows a number of Orkney islands from an aeroplane. Subjects include Hoy, Lamb Holm, Stromness and Kirkwall on the mainland, Swona Island and more. There are also shots from a trip following the route of the world shortest scheduled flight, the Papa Westray to Westray flight.

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Small islands in the North Isles

www.users.zetnet.co.uk (Private websites)
Web link found about Orkney Islands on 25.11.2006
[weetoon, 25.11.2006] This site has pictures of some of the small (and often uninhabited) islands of Orkney. Included are Gairsay, the Green holms and other holms ("holm" means small island). Click on a photograph to enlarge it and view all pictures by clicking on 'next'.

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