網頁2024年1月11日 · The Brough of Birsay … the island base of feared 11th-century Norse chief Thorfinn the Mighty. Photograph: Angus McComiskey/Alamy Scotland holidays Walking with Norsemen on Orkney’s St Magnus Way 網頁The Brough of Birsay is located 20 miles (32 kms) from Kirkwall and is situated on the …
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網頁2024年7月2日 · Published on 02/07/2024. Puffins are the most popular birds for holiday makers to Annie's Place. Everyone hopes to see them on the Brough of Birsay and we were very successful a few nights ago, crossing immediately on the turn of the tide when the tidal path had only about an inch of seawater covering it. Puffins were clearly visible on … 網頁2024年4月5日 · Ancient Orcadian seat of Power. F or centuries, political and religious … bodi theni pincode
Birsay Visitor Guide - Accommodation, Things To Do & More
The Brough of Birsay is an uninhabited tidal island off the north-west coast of The Mainland of Orkney, Scotland, in the parish of Birsay. It is located around 13 miles north of Stromness and features the remains of Pictish and Norse settlements as well as a modern light house. 查看更多內容 The island is accessible on foot at low tide via a largely natural causeway. It is separated from the mainland by a 240-metre (790-foot) stretch of water at high tide: the Sound of Birsay. The Norse … 查看更多內容 Earliest settlement of Christians and Picts The earliest settlement on the island is thought to have been in the 6th century, perhaps by Christian missionaries. In the 7th and 8th centuries it was a significant Pictish fortress, but by the 9th century the Picts had been … 查看更多內容 • View to the causeway over the Birsay Sound • The island is connected with Mainland by a concrete pathway • Cliffs • View of the whole island 查看更多內容 The Old Norse name for the island was "Byrgisey" which means fort island, and gives the parish its name. Brough, indeed, means 查看更多內容 The unmanned Brough of Birsay Lighthouse lighthouse is on the Brough. 查看更多內容 Sea bird breeding colonies can be found on the brough. 查看更多內容 • Scottish islands portal • List of islands of Scotland • Gurness • List of Orkney islands 查看更多內容 網頁Standing only 11 metres high but 52 metres above sea level the Brough of Birsay lighthouse marks the north east tip of the Orkney mainland. It was designed and built by David A Stevenson in 1925. Although very little is known of its history the lighthouse is brick built with white render but is unusual in its design with its castellated tower ... http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/broughofbirsay/index.html clodiagh gaels