Victor Naumenko's Pictures of Orkney

Skaill House

The oldest surviving stonework is probably the east gable of the north wing, which is now believed to be the site 16th century building referred to in documents of 1628 and 1790 as the Old Hall.

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Skaill House

The earliest record of the name is in a rental of 1492, and later records suggest a modest farmstead on the estate of Earl Robert Stewart in the late 16th century. During the trial of his even more notorious son Patric in 1614, the Earldom Estate was broken up and Skaill passed to the bishopric, and so came under the control of Bishop Graham on his appointment in 1615.

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Skaill House

15 miles west of Kirkwall, it stands imposingly on the dunes between the Loch of Skaill and the Atlantic Ocean. Its imposing architecture spans four centuries. All twelve of its Lairds were related.

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Skaill House, the Drawing Room

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The Neolithic village of Skara Brae

Skaill House in the background

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Bay of Skaill

Bay of Skaill is a small bay on the west coast of the Orkney Mainland.

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Bay of Skaill

Bay of Skaill is the location of the famous Neolithic settlement, Skara Brae (is on the left), and a large residence, Skaill House, the property of the laird on whose estate Skara Brae was discovered.

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MV Pentland Venture at Burwick

Pentland Venture operate a summer passenger service between Burwick (South Ronaldsay) and John o'Groats.

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The Italian Chapel interior

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The Ring of Brodgar

One of standing stones in the Ring of Brodgar

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The Ring of Brodgar

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The Ring of Brodgar

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The Ring of Brodgar

The stone ring is a true circle, almost 104 metres in diameter. Originally there were 60 megaliths but today, only 27 stones remain, varying in height from 2.1 to 4.7 metres. The Ring of Brodgar is the third largest stone circle in the British Isles, beaten only by the outer ring of stones at Avebury and the Greater Ring at Stanton Drew in England.

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The Ring of Brodgar

Part of the Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site, Brodgar is a stone circle standing on a thin strip of land separating the Harray and Stenness lochs.

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The Ring of Brodgar

The monument's precise age is uncertain, but it is generally assumed that it was erected between 2500 BC and 2000 BC.

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Italian Chapel

The Italian Chapel built by Italian Prisoners of War of Camp 60 who arrived in January 1942 to help build the Churchill Barriers. In late 1943 two Nissen huts were joined end to end and Domenico Chiocchetti set to work, aided by a small number of other POWs. One end was to be the Chapel, the other a school.

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Statue of St George

Domenico Chiocchetti made the St George and the Dragon statue from barbed wire and cement, to preside over the camp of the Italian prisoners of war who were stationed here in World War II.

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