Picture: Whalebone and Brough of Birsay from Skipi Geo
Time Travellers
1137AD
1590AD
1850AD
St Magnus Cathedral founded
First pub opens in Orkney
Skara Brae revealed by storm
Late 700sAD
1468AD
1725AD
1833AD
Norsemen arrive
Orkney ‘mortgaged’ to Scotland
Pirate Gow captured near Eday
First steamer service to Orkney