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Steatite Basin on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Steatite (or Soapstone) basin. These were often imported from Norway and Sweden in the Viking Age. Dunrossness. Donated by Hugh Crawford, Richmond, Surrey. ARC65209
Handled Cup on display in Shetland Museum and Archives
Stone cup from Yell. Donated by Robert Tulloch, Lerwick. ARC 7540.
Hanging Lamp on display in Shetland Museum
Hanging lamp, made from stone and of a type known throughout the early medieval world. Unknown parish. Donated by Lerwick Town Council.
The Vikings in Scotland and Ireland in the Ninth Century
Text of Donnchadh Ó Corráin's O'Donnell Lecture, delivered at the Taylorian Building, Oxford, on Ascension Day, 1997
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
Chronicon 2 (1998) 3: 1-45
ISSN 1393-5259
Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin
Kirkjuvagr Orkney Gin is a new product due to be launched in August 2016 and produced by Orkney Distilling Limited. It is branded using the Old Norse name for Kirkwall (Kirkjuvagr or 'Church Inlet') and the website explains that "Kirkjuvagr Gin…
Thing Sites: Discover the Viking Cradle of Democracy
The Thing Project is a project dedicated to promoting tourism by engaging with the various thing sites in northern Europe.
The Old Norse word þing, meaning assembly, was used of a place where people met to make political decisions and decide law…
The Old Norse word þing, meaning assembly, was used of a place where people met to make political decisions and decide law…
Blog post: The Kilmorie Cross
Discussion and photographs of the Viking Age cross at Kirkcolm in the Rhinns of Galloway. The cross is Christian but features a figure identified as the hero Sigurd.
Princes Street Gardens Runestone
This Swedish runestone (U 1173) was brought to Edinburgh in the 18th century.
Highland Park - Svein Whisky
Svein, a good Viking name, is one of the Norse-themed brands of malt whisky from the Highland Park distillery. It is part of their Warrior series which also includes Harald and Ingvar. They also have a whisky named for Odin, and have had other…
Orkney Viking Fridge Magnet Photographed in the Orkney Museum
Small stylised Viking with sword, shield and horned helmet, with the inscription 'Orkney'. Photographed by Julie Cassidy in the Orkney Museum.
Plaque indicating location of St Olaf's Kirk in Kirkwall
This plaque in Orkney indicates the location of St Olaf's Kirk in Kirkwall, from which Kirkwall may derive it's name.
Sign for Egilsay in the Orkneys
Egilsay is famous as the site of the martyrdom of St Magnus, and for the church that still stands on the site, with its unusual round tower. Egilsay may refer to the personal name Egil (Egil's Island) or to Gaelic eagles, meaning church. It was the…
Runic Pins from Orkney
Runic pins reading 'Orkney', on sale in a tourist shop in Kirkwall.