Kirkwall
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Kirkwall is a port town and historic royal burgh in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland. It is approximately 210 miles north of Edinburgh, 221 miles north-northeast of Glasgow, an
Kirkwall Harbour in August 2014
Orkney Library and Archive, Kirkwall
Kirkwall Town Hall exterior
Broad Street in Kirkwall
Mainland, Orkney
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The Mainland, also known as Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland. Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, lie on the island, which is also the heart of Orkney's ferry and air connec
Kirkwall
…technically a city. Kirkwall is 130 miles (210 kilometres) north of Aberdeen and 528 mi (850 km) north of London. It is situated on the northern coast of Mainland, Orkney, with its harbours in the bay of Kirkwall to the north, and with Scapa Flow 1.4 mi (2.3 km) to the south. Its parish, St Ola, forms the isthmus between…
Stromness is the second largest settlement on Mainland, and Orkney in general.
St Magnus Cathedral, built from the Old Red Sandstone prevalent on the island
Skara Brae
Mainland, as "Pomona" from the not wholly accurate Carta Marina of 1539.