Go Explore! From only £27, The Explorer Pass gives you access to all our attractions – a great value way to discover ’s history. ORKNEY Ask our staff about this great value option, or visit ISLANDS historicenvironment.scot/explorer Explore a breathtaking landscape and discover rich World Heritage sites

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• Many of our Orkney sites are exposed to the elements so Visitor Centre dress appropriately • For ferry information please Disabled toilets call Orkney Ferries Ltd on Shop 01856 872 044 • Tide times for Birsay available Display on history at all Historic Scotland Children’s quiz staffed sites Restaurant/café

Opening times Dogs not permitted Summer (1 Apr to 30 Sept) open seven days 9.30am to 5.30pm. Accessible by public transport Winter (1 Oct to 31 Mar) open Mobility scooter available seven days 10am to 4pm. Picnic area

For details of late night opening hours in Bicycle rack the summer season and for our Christmas and New Year opening hours, please visit Strong footwear recommended historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place Site or parts of site may be closed at lunch time - please call in advance Opening times and admission prices are correct at time of publication, Water refill scheme but may be liable to change. ★ VisitScotland Quality Grading

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Historic Environment Scotland Scottish Charity No. SC045925 Skara Brae of Gurness Bishop’s Palace, Kirkwall Earl’s Palace, Kirkwall Hackness Martello Tower Occupied from 3100 to 2500 BC Built before 2700 BC Built around 200 BC Pictish and Viking settlement 12th century (sometime after 1137), Around 1605, built by Earl Patrick Stewart Built between 1813 and 1815 1263 King Hakon dies in the hall

Stonehenge erected Birth of Christ Robert Bruce crowned James VI succeeds Taj Mahal, India The White House, USA 2600 BC 0 AD King of Scotland, 1306 Elizabeth I, 1603 Built 1630s to 1650s Built 1792 to 1800

• Summer (1 Apr to 31 Oct): Adult £9 Child £5.40 EXPERIENCE ★★★★ ★★★★ Concession £7.20. ★★★★★ 5,000 YEARS Winter (1 Nov to 31 Mar, THE BISHOP’S AND SKARA BRAE Skara Brae only): Adult £7 EARL’S PALACES, A noted icon of Orkney’s rich OF ORKNEY’S AND Child £4.20 Concession £5.60 KIRKWALL heritage, this is one of the This world-famous village offers • Last ticket sold 45 mins Majestic ruins, boasting medieval finest examples of a broch, the chance to see superbly before closing and Renaissance , an Iron Age building style HISTORY preserved houses with • Joint ticket with Skaill House standing near St Magnus that is unique to Scotland. available 1 Apr to 31 Oct fine stone . Visitors can Cathedral. The notorious • At Aikerness, 14m NW admire the , tools and • Book online in advance at Earl Patrick Stewart built the Visit the Orkney Islands and discover historicenvironment.scot/ of Kirkwall on the A966 unexplained ritual objects the 17th century Earl’s Palace. • Postcode KW17 2NH villagers left behind and explore skara-brae how Neolithic people, the Picts,Vikings • Café open in summer, reduced • In Kirkwall on the A960 • Telephone 01856 751 414 a modern replica to discover what • Postcode KW15 1PD • Open summer only and Renaissance Earls all left their mark the houses were like to live in. service in winter – café closes 45 mins before the site closes • Telephone 01856 871 918 • Adult £6.00 Child £3.60 on this breathtaking landscape. Skaill House, a fine mansion • Open summer only Concession £4.80 with gardens, sits adjacent to • Coaches must book in advance to guarantee entry • Adult £6 Child £3.60 Skara Brae. Concession £4.80 World Heritage Site Rangers • Evening tours available in Jul and • 19m NW of Kirkwall on Aug – check website for details Explore the heart of Neolithic Orkney and its beautiful the B9056 surroundings with the World Heritage Site ranger service. • Postcode KW16 3LR The rangers run a variety of events to help you learn • Telephone 01856 841 815 • Open all year more about Orkney’s vibrant and unique – BROUGH OF BIRSAY HACKNESS A tidal island with Pictish and MARTELLO TOWER including Skara Brae, the , the Ring AND BATTERY of Brodgar and the ongoing archaeological investigations Norse settlements, including a • 9m W of Kirkwall on the A965 medieval church, the remains of Built between 1813 and 1815 at . They also provide information about • Postcode KW16 3LB a Norse sauna and a . to provide defence for British the wealth of birds, animals, plants and geology of ★★★★ • Telephone 01856 851 266 • On a tidal island at Birsay, convoys against French and Orkney’s landscape. MAESHOWE • Visits are by guided tour only, 20m NW of Kirkwall off the American privateers. See CHAMBERED leaving from the Visitor Centre in A966. Check tide tables at evidence of life at the barracks. An impressive 4,700-year-old Stenness village, and must be Skara Brae • At the SE end of chambered stone tomb, built so booked online in advance at • Postcode KW17 2LX • Postcode KW16 3PQ the midwinter sun shines along historicenvironment.scot/ • Telephone 01856 841 815 • Telephone 01856 701 727 its entrance passage. This is maeshowe • Open when tides allow • Open summer only For more information regarding one of Europe’s finest Neolithic • Adult £9 Child £5.40 mid-Jun to 30 Sept • Adult £6 Child £3.60 our ranger events please call buildings. It also contains Concession £7.20 • Adult £6 Child £3.60 Concession £4.80 remarkable Norse runic carvings. Concession £4.80 01856 841 732