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- VerifiedSave to ListHi My name is John, and I run Orkney Trike Tours, using a 1500cc German built “Boom” Trike. I have a life long passion for motorcycling, wildlife and History, so basically I ride a trike around Orkney telling people about what they can see and visit. Before setting up this business I was a nurse for 36 years before taking Read more...
- Save to ListEmail: taighleosaval@gmail.comTaigh Leosaval is a beautifully restored former croft which sits at the foot of the hill after which it is named. It is in a completely secluded position among the North Harris hills, a short distance from the stunning Hushinish beach and with eagles, deer and sheep as your nearest neighbours. Read more...
- Save to ListCategory: Iron Age, Bronze Age and Pictish SitesThe Maiden Stone is one of the best examples of Pictish sculptural stonework standing today. It’s 3m tall and made from pinkish granite. It was probably carved some time after AD 700, though this is debated. The stone DSC_2505 (one of the tallest of all Pictish monuments, even though several centimetres have been lost at the top owing to weathering). It Read more...
- Save to ListPhone: 0044-0-1397-704007Formally known as the Lower Weather Observatory with direct links to Ben Nevis. Now a Luxury Guest House on the shores of Loch Linnhe Fort William. In the 1890’s and early 1900’s, pioneering meteorologists raised the funds to built a weather observatory on the summit of Ben Nevis, and also a new home for the Observatory Superintendent. Glentower was where Read more...
- Save to ListCategory: Iron Age, Bronze Age and Pictish SitesThe Kintore Pictish Stone is a Class I stone which was dug up in Kintore churchyard but which may have originally come from the motte at nearby Castle Hill. The stone is sculptured on both faces; one side shows a crescent & V-rod over a beast, while the other side has a fish above a cauldron symbol. Read more...
- Save to ListCategory: Iron Age, Bronze Age and Pictish SitesWander among one of Scotland’s best-preserved recumbent stone circles and wonder about its original purpose. East Aquhorthies Stone Circle is a recumbent stone circle – a monument type only found in north-east Scotland. It has a large stone set on its side and flanked by two upright stones, usually on the south or south-west part of the circle. The stones here appear to have been chosen for Read more...
- Save to ListCategory: Iron Age, Bronze Age and Pictish SitesA group of three Bronze Age Cairns located near Culloden Moor. Prehistoric site dating back at least 4,000 years.years Read more...
- Save to ListTags: Pictish CarvingsFour Class I Pictish symbol stones stand in Inverurie Cemetery (NJ72SE0211), formerly built into the old churchyard walls and possibly removed from the foundations of the old church for the purpose of building the churchyard wall. One is a tall pillar bearing incised symbols of a crescent and V-rod, a mirror case symbol, serpent and Z-rod and a double disc Read more...
- Save to ListThe Standing Stones of Stenness is a Neolithic monument over 5000 years old. Read more...
