Picture Perfect?
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Picture Perfect?

 

Picture perfect, Stromness, Orkney
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Picture perfect? The early morning light, the ships and cloud reflections are all there, but so too is Orkney County Council with its extensive repairs to the water system. Personally I love a little imperfection: It shakes things up and throws them off balance. Location: Stromness, Mainland, Orkney

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Fisherman’s Hut and Nousts at Skibo Geo
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Fisherman’s Hut and Nousts at Skibo Geo

Fisherman's Hut and Nousts at Skibo Geo, Birsay, Mailand, Orkney, Scotland
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Fisherman’s hut and nousts at Skibo Geo. Location: Birsay, Mainland, Orkney (Scotland).

Skiba Geo has been in use since Viking times. It is a sheltered beach allowing easy access for landing fishing boats. In the winter, the boats were pulled up to the nousts at the top of the beach for protection. Moreover, the 19th century fisherman’s hut next to the nousts provided a safe space for storing equipment.

Ultimately, the site fell into disrepair through lack of use in the 1960s. However, it was renovated by the pupils, friends and parents of Class Six of Dounby Primary School in 1989

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Inside the Broch of Gurness
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Inside the Broch of Gurness

Broch of Gurness, Mainland, Orkney, monuments, staircases
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Inside the Broch of Gurness is an elegantly curved staircase dating from somewhere between 500 BC and 100 AD. People lived here and fought off attacks on the remote island of Mainland (Orkney), where the known world mainly comprised Norway to the north and Scotland and England to the south. (more…)

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Cairns
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Cairns

cairn, Isbister, monuments, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland
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Cairns are traditionally markers to define distance or warn foolhardy sailors of the rocks beneath the ocean’s waves. This one – near the neolithic Tomb of the Eagles in Orkney – is quite possible modern. Its anonymous maker has sought a balance between order and the chaos of broken shards of stone, much like the work of the artists Andy Goldworthy and Richard Long. For me photographically, chaos is all around; order is how I try to make it sing.

Location: Isbister, South Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotland

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