Cliffs, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland
View to cliffs on Mainland and the Kitchener Memorial, a war memorial built 1926 commemorating the sinking of HMS Hampshire in 1916 by German mines, seen from the Brough of Birsay, a small uninhabited tidal island, off Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. On the island is a Norse village, built over a Pictish settlement, consisting of houses, longhouses, saunas and a 12th century Romanesque church. The island was inhabited from 6th century by early christians, then Picts, then the Norse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14149858
Media ID
46168621
Size
8268px x 5688px
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Credit
Photographer
Source
Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
