{"id":2074,"date":"2019-05-30T17:22:40","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T16:22:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/?p=2074"},"modified":"2019-05-30T19:10:38","modified_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:10:38","slug":"skara-brae-brodgar-and-st-magnus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/2019\/05\/30\/skara-brae-brodgar-and-st-magnus\/","title":{"rendered":"Skara Brae,  Brodgar and St Magnus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T111149GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Going back 5000 years to Skara Brae, a unique Neolithic village, was fascinating.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T110436GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Around the central hearth are the stone bed areas and a stone dresser or cupboard for display and storage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T105744GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each bed has its own cubby hole too. I was reminded of the trulli in Puglia.<\/p>\n<p>Dan has got used to Frances\u2019 haircut now<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T105108GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There is an excellent replica you can go inside and a very informative museum<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T104241GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T110922GMT0100-768x518.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"518\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Afterwards we went into the Laird\u2019s house, an airy mansion where generations of Orkney gentry lived off their tenant farmers.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T112926GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And discovered Skara Brae when it got exposed after a storm in the 1850s.<\/p>\n<p>They have Captain Cook\u2019s ship\u2019s dinner service here!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T112346GMT0100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then on to Brodgar stone circle. Very impressive, timeless and beautiful- a remarkable location on the isthmus of two inland seas.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T123133GMT0100-768x377.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"377\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T123221GMT0100-768x365.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"365\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are larks everywhere and barrow mounds nearby.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T123251GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T124105GMT0100-768x461.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"461\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also visited Stenness standing stones<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T130425GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T130006GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T130055GMT0100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and their nearby village &#8211; the houses were less well preserved than Skara Brae<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T131232GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But this ram was pretty formidable!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T130402GMT0100-768x460.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"460\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Lunch at Kirkwall and a look inside the huge St Magnus Cathedral founded in 1137.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T143759GMT0100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The red stone is warm, solid and friendly looking; Romanesque arches and galleries make the heavy stone seem light and airy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T144258GMT0100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T150345GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T144315GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are lots of old 17th century gravestones that have been moved to the sides for display. We enjoyed reading the inscriptions- some with rhyming couplets.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T150314GMT0100-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The memorial to Polar explorer John Rae shows him enjoying a well-earned rest!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T144753GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The old town hall in Kirkwall is also very fine<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T143743GMT0100-768x1019.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"1019\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Another lovely sunny day with curlews, oyster-catchers and black-headed gulls on Scapa beach.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium_large\" title=\"5\/30\/19\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BIRU-WP-20190530T152422GMT0100-768x576.jpg\" alt=\"5\/30\/19\" width=\"768\" height=\"576\" data-json=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Going back 5000 years to Skara Brae, a unique Neolithic village, was fascinating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2074"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2102,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2074\/revisions\/2102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.holloway.me.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}