Artistic cairn on Mull Head

Deerness

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June 12th 2017
12 June 2017 We drove through Kirkwall to the far east of Mainland Orkney and the area of Deerness. There we walked to Mull Head via the <a name="_Hlk485067232"></a>Brough of Deerness, a promontory which is almost an island and had quite an awkward access. Most of the villages in the Northern Isles seem to have a modern community centre. The one at Deerness provided us wit ... read more

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