Subcategories
Archaeology.
Scapa Flow.
This book attempts to trace the origin of the placenames of Orkney - hills, coastal forms, farms, cottages and fields. By Gregor Lamb. Paperback. Hardback available here.
Reviews work at the Ness of Brodgar over the past 20 years and looks forward to the post-excavation phase. Paperback.
Stronsay tales of shipwrecks and strandings. By Ian Cooper. Paperback.
In the first half of the 19th century, thousands of women and girls were employed throughout Orkney plaiting straw. 'The Strawplaiters of Orkney' reveals the forgotten history of the working lives of women and girls in the islands. By Fiona Grahame. Paperback.
Tales of insurrection from Orcadian history. By Fiona Grahame & Martin Laird. Illustrated hardback.
The 'Mighty Oak' disaster at Scapa Flow. By Dilip Sarkar MBE, FRHistS, in fellowship with the HMS Royal Oak Association. Hardback.
The second of a two-volume work outlining the impact of war on everyday life in Orkney. By Emile Flett. Hardback. Add volume one and volume two to your basket and get 15% off!
The Early History of a Danish/Norwegian and Scottish Royal Burgh, and a Study of its Royal Charters. By Spencer J, Rosie. Paperback.
A biography of Captain Cromarty (hailing from South Ronaldsay, Orkney), and his extraordinary life as mariner, pioneer settler, farmer, harbour pilot, navigator and explorer and respected citizen in colonial New South Wales. By Leslie Kilmartin. Paperback.
Rare wool, wild isles & one woman's journey to save Scotland's original sheep. The story of the remarkable little horned sheep known as the Orkney Boreray... By Jane Cooper. Hardback.