All posts about Orkney

Things to do without electricity #21: writing letters to forgotten family. Photo by skippyjon via Flickr. When a few dozen households on the Orkney Islands in northern Scotland turn off their lights tonight, they won't be switching them on again until Monday morning. They won't be watching TV or... by treehugger.com | related posts

Energy saving smart grid technology has been installed on the Orkney Islands, which the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has said will reduce power wastage. Deployed by Smarter Grid Solutions in partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy, the technology will add 15 MW of... by biggreensmile.com/blog | related posts

Part two in my series on stone-age Orkney is on the neolithic burial chamber of Maeshowe. Fairy Mounds feature heavily in the folk lore of Britain and Ireland. The mounds are believed to be the dwelling place of fairies (or faeries), elves or the sidhe . Fairy favour could bring prosperity and... by roamingtales.com | related posts

See where the real-life Flintstones lived at the 5,000-year-old village of Skara Brae in the third and final post on stone-age Orkney. Plus, I am giving away two copies of the DVD Standing with Stones – for details on how to enter, please see the end of the post. When the village of Skara Brae was... by roamingtales.com | related posts

Orkney; June 2009 My friend and I were sightseeing around mainland Orkney when we stumbled across this circle of Standing Stones – or rather, Standing Pebbles! I don’t know who did this but it tickled my fancy as a joyful and creative response to the environment. I could... by roamingtales.com | related posts

Orkneyjar Archaeology News - Plough Uncovers Suspected Chambered TombNeolithic Age: Prehistoric Complex Including Two 6,000-year-old Tombs Discovered In BritainScience DailyFrom Britain comes news of two sets of discoveries, one of a chambered cairn in Orkney, north of the Scottish mainland, the other... by remotecentral.blogspot.com | related posts

Orkney Fudge Cheesecake Sue Lawrence has long been one of my favourite food writers, she is a woman of great taste when it comes to good food. This recipe comes from her A Cooks Tour of Scotland cookbook, a book close to my heart, and one that I’ve found very interesting to read, a sort of short... by cookbookqueen.blogspot.com | related posts

News from Orkneyjar, which reports on a remarkable find by archaeologist Jakob Kainz, who recently discovered a carved sandstone representation of a round human face atop a lozenge-shaped body, as depicted here. Measuring 3 cm by 3.5 cm, this tiny artefact is apparently one of only three such items dating to the... by anthropology.net | related posts

Hoy High Lighthouse, Graemsay, Orkney Islands (in northern Scotland) Photo taken by Richard Harvey She looked up over her knitting and met the third stroke and it seemed to her like her own eyes meeting her own eyes, searching as she alone could search into her mind and her heart, purifying out of... by dolcebellezza.wordpress.com | related posts