Medieval Kirkwall: Saints, Earls, Close-Wynd Secrets
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A tighter heritage walk focused on medieval and early-modern Kirkwall: the cathedral as the anchor, the ruined palaces as political theatre, narrow lanes and older civic buildings as the texture, and small historic remnants such as Watergate House or the Groatie Hoose where they fit. The narration should feel like decoding a tiny Norse-Scottish capital, not simply listing old buildings.
Tour Stops (5)
St Magnus Cathedral
St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, viewed from the Bishop's Palace | 🔗 wikipedia.org
Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1899) (14762030436) | 🔗 wikipedia.org
Mary Young monument, St Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney | 🔗 wikipedia.org
The Groatie Hoose
File:The Groatie Hoose - geograph.org.uk - 1441813 | 🔗 wikimedia.org
The Orkney Museum
Orkney Museum (geograph 6172873) | 🔗 wikipedia.org
File:Kirkwall Orkney Wireless Museum seen from the southwest | 🔗 wikimedia.org
File:Kirkwall Tankerness House Museum Entrance | 🔗 wikimedia.org
Bishop’s and Earl's Palaces
File:Earl's Palace, Kirkwall - geograph.org.uk - 82810 | 🔗 wikimedia.org
File:Kirkwall, Bishop's Palace - geograph.org.uk - 3211491 | 🔗 wikimedia.org
1 Manse Lane
File:Beith Manse to the Manse Fields, Bieth, North Ayrshire, Scotland | 🔗 wikimedia.org
File:Manse Lane football ground, Knaresborough (6th September 2023) 002 | 🔗 wikimedia.org
File:Manse Lane football ground, Knaresborough (6th September 2023) 005 | 🔗 wikimedia.org
Tour Information
- Tour Type
- Walking tour
- Audio Language
- English
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