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Understanding Orkney
Many visitors arrive in Orkney seeing famous sites on a map but not realising they form one connected story.
The stone circles, ancient village and wartime chapel are not separate attractions, they explain how people lived here across thousands of years.
This page gives a simple overview of what you are actually looking at before visiting them in person.
Skara Brae - A village Not Ruins
Standing Stones of Stenness - The First Gathering Place
Ring of Brodgar - A Ceremonial Landscape
The Italian Chapel - A Human Story of War
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