The wonderful thing about Orkney’s past is that our understanding of it is always changing, as new research is carried out. Here is a feature about studies carried out in a joint venture between The Institute for Northern Studies at the University of the Highlands and Islands, St Andrew’s University and the University of Wales, around Viking Age/Medieval Norse waterways in the West Mainland of Orkney. A fascinating addition to our understanding of the Earldom of Orkney.

Viking waterway through the Orkney Mainland revealed