Things To do in the Orkney Islands
There are mabye many things to do, such as seeing Neolithic sites, or play games or eat out, mabye in Kirkwall. Mabye look at mainland Scotland across the sea.
By Liam Parrot
A big bunch of isles nORTH OF Scotland. It has it's capital Kirkwall.
It had people luiving in it for millenia, from Neolithic dwellers to Picts and Celts.
But the people were outplaced by Vikingsm, possibly by absotrbtion to new rulers, or by even worse than that,
It waas ruled by Nordic powers, like Norway, but then in the Middle Ages was taklen to Scotland. The kings of Scotland were tyranical appointing tyrants who reduced the population to slavery, and redu8ced teh population. in the the 17thC this situiation changed. In later years it began to get a bit better,
In the modern era, the Scottish parliament has gifted the Orkney Islands a extra seat, for itself so that the Orknandian nationalism, can be within Scotland entirley.
By Ian Morgan
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