A 150-year-old whalebone which is one of the most photographed objects in Orkney has been toppled by strong winds. The Birsay attraction is thought to be the last remnants of a beached whale from ...

A MAN has died after falling from cliffs in Orkney.Emergency services raced to the scene near Birsay, ... Birsay, Orkney at around 1.50am on Monday, ... please use the Site Map.

The family of an 88-year-old man missing in Orkney have been informed after a body was found. James Mainland was reported missing from his home in Birsay almost two weeks ago. The body of a man ...

James Mainland, 88, has not been seen since Saturday morning when leaving his home in Birsay, Orkney. News. Record Reporter. 09:31, 08 Jul 2018 Updated 09:31, 08 Jul 2018.

POLICE say a body and fishing vessel has been recovered from the shoreline at Loch of Boardhouse near Birsay on Orkney. News. Fraser Wilson. 15:20, 03 Aug 2016 Updated 21:48, 03 Aug 2016.

Kirkwall took over from Birsay as the chief powerbase for the Orkney earls in the 12th century and grew in importance when Rognvald Kali Kolsson (c1103-1158) became Earl in 1136.

Rescuers searching for two men reported missing on a fishing trip in Orkney have recovered a body. The pair from the Dounby area failed to return from a trip to Loch of Boardhouse in Birsay on ...

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, ... Students could find the site on a map and list some possible reasons for its location.

NAVY bomb disposal experts are being sent to deal with a suspected wartime landmine found on an Orkney beach. The badly corroded disc – measuring 8 inches x 10 inches – was discovered b… ...

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, ... Students could find the site on a map and list some possible reasons for its location.