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A tour of the main of the important sites of North Ronaldsay.

This is an old Orkney ricking chair which is now sitting the 'Den' part of the Croft. Which lie adjacent to the Heritage Centre.

This jacket is on display in the Heritage Centre once belonged to one of the Horwood ladies of Scar. The Horwoods owned the Westove Estate from the 1870’s until it was sold off in 1919.

This seed fiddle which has been loaned to us was probably used in the 1950’s. It was so named after the fiddle- like action required to distribute the seed.

Stronsay is an island in Orkney, Scotland. It is known as Orkney's 'Island of Bays', owing to an irregular shape with miles of coastline, with three large bays separated by two isthmuses: St Catherine's Bay to the west, the Bay of Holland to the…

Film taken looking towards the tidal island of Start Point off Sanday. The first beacon was a masonry unlit tower. Then in 1806 a new lighthouse with a revolving light was established. Start Point lighthouse was painted with its black and white…

This image was taken on top of the ruined cairn at Whitemill Point showing part of the wreck the ‘Wanga’ which came ashore in 1939. The stretch of water is the North Ronaldsay Firth with a glimpse of North Ronaldsay on the horizon.

The Black Rock Jetty was built to transport mail and passengers by boat to and from North Ronaldsay. With the onset of the plane it was no longer put to use and is now in a state of disrepair.

This was taken in front of the Brickie Hut, a control room in World War II, for a dummy airfield on the Plain of Fidge. It over looks Cata Sand and onto to the sand dunes.

This is a reconstruction of the Burnt Mound which was re-excavated from the shore below Meur in the north of the island.

The Croft, whose inhabitants left in 1966, was taken over by the Heritage Group who, in 2011 started renovating the interior. The first image in of the ‘But’ end of the Croft and the second image is of the ‘Ben’ end. The original flag stone floors…

The Croft, whose inhabitants left in 1966, was taken over by the Heritage Group who, in 2011 started renovating the interior. The first image in of the ‘But’ end of the Croft and the second image is of the ‘Ben’ end. The original flag stone floors…

The B98 was in the Battle of Jutland in the First World War. Latterly it was using as the mail boat for the German Fleet interned at Scapa flow. then B98 arrived back in Orkney a day after the scuttling of the German fleet. it was boarded by the…

The Heritage Centre is situated in Lady Village in the formal Temperance Hall and was opened in May 2014. The main areas of display are Natural History, (nature on land, links and shore), Archaeology, (Sanday ‘archaeologically has the best landscape…

The Heritage Centre is situated in Lady Village in the formal Temperance Hall and was opened in May 2014. The main areas of display are Natural History, (nature on land, links and shore), Archaeology, (Sanday ‘archaeologically has the best landscape…

The Heritage Centre is situated in Lady Village in the formal Temperance Hall and was opened in May 2014. The main areas of display are Natural History, (nature on land, links and shore), Archaeology, (Sanday ‘archaeologically has the best landscape…

The Heritage Centre is situated in Lady Village in the formal Temperance Hall and was opened in May 2014. The main areas of display are Natural History, (nature on land, links and shore), Archaeology, (Sanday ‘archaeologically has the best landscape…