1.1M views · 751 reactions | This is Orkney  Beautiful beaches, incredible history, wonderful wildlife...what's your favourite thing about these islands? | orkney.com | Facebook

17K views · 343 reactions | In the last few minutes the Convenor of Orkney Islands Council, Councillor Graham Bevan, has dispatched standard bearer Helen Kirkness and around thirty others on horseback to ride the traditional boundaries of the Royal Burgh of Kirkwall. They’ll report back to him later at the Merkit Cross. | BBC Radio Orkney | Facebook

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5,000 years ago the remote islands of Orkney were a great centre of the Stone Age World, boasting connections that stretched across the length and breadth of Britain, Ireland and beyond In this documentary Tristan Hughes investigates Orkney’s enigmatic Neolithic past. Crawling into 5,000 year old tombs and digging deep into one of the greatest archaeological excavations currently underway on the British Isles, he explores this extraordinary period of Scotland's prehistory. | History Hit