The Stones of Stenness on Orkney may be the oldest henge monument in the British Isles. Dating to around 3350 BCE, the stone circle once featured a water-filled ditch, towering slabs, and ritual ...

image: An international team led by researchers at the University of Huddersfield has used ancient DNA to rewrite the history of the Orkney islands. The research has been published by the official ...

The Scottish Orkney islands experienced a wave of immigration during the Bronze Age so large that it replaced most of the local population, ancient DNA analysis has revealed. Experts say that unlike ...

An international team, led by researchers at the University of Huddersfield, has used ancient DNA to rewrite the history of the Orkney islands which shows that Orkney was much less insular than has ...

Across a windswept Orkney landscape where wellies and waterproofs tend to be norm, the historic and mystical sights can have an overwhelming impression on visitors. In the case of one group of ...

One London gallery is determined to continue the tradition embraced for centuries by the Orkney chain. By Deborah Needleman LAST MAY, THREE England-based craftspeople — the basket makers Mary Butcher ...

A flower that flourishes in the south of France and once inspired Van Gogh is brightening up the countryside in the unlikely setting of Orkney. Sunflowers are normally associated with warmer climates ...