Hoy, Orkney
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Hoy is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links the island to the smaller South Walls
The Old Man of Hoy, at the western side of the island, seen from the south
The Dwarfie Stane
MV Hoy Head, the Houton, Lyness, Flotta and Longhope ferry.
MV Graemsay, the Stromness, Graemsay and Moaness ferry at Moaness pier
Orkney
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Orkney, also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago off the north coast of mainland Scotland. The plural name the Orkneys is sometimes used, but this is erroneous. Part of the Northern Isles a
Hoy, Orkney
…Hoy (from Old Norse Háey, meaning "high island") is an island in Orkney, Scotland, measuring 143 square kilometres (55 sq mi) – the second largest in the archipelago, after Mainland. A natural causeway, the Ayre, links the…
Ring of Brodgar, on the island of Mainland, Orkney
Midhowe Broch on the west coast of Rousay
According to the Orkneyinga Saga, Harald Fairhair (on the right, with fair hair) took control of Orkney in 875. He is shown here inheriting his kingdom from his father Halfdan the Black, in an illustration from the Flateyjarbók.
Artist's conception of King Olaf Tryggvason of Norway, who forcibly Christianised Orkney. Painting by Peter Nicolai Arbo.