The Brough of Birsay is separated from Orkney’s mainland by a watery causeway ... Keep your eyes peeled for signs to the Broch of Gurness near Evie. Follow many winding turns through farm ...

In particular, the Brough of Birsay is a hidden gem with a fascinating history. An uninhabited tidal island off the northwest coast of The Mainland of Orkney, it can only be reached for a few ...

Orkney is best known for many things, from its coastal scenery and wildlife watching to the Brough of Birsay, and so on ... In Orkney you can visit the Broch of Gurness, an Iron Age fort, a ...

There are a number of sites across the Orkney Islands where evidence of Picts can be found, including the remains of a Pictish settlement at the Brough of Birsay which was inhabited in the late ...

Why was the Brough of Birsay, on the north west coast of the mainland of Orkney, Scotland, chosen as a settlement by the Norse? It was in a very defensible position surrounded almost entirely by ...

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 ...