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Kirkwall (Scots: Kirkwa, Kirkwaa, or Kirkwal; Norn: Kirkavå) is the largest town in Orkney, an archipelago to the north of mainland Scotland.First mentioned in the Orkneyinga saga, it is today the location of the headquarters of the Orkney Islands Council and a transport hub with ferries to many locations. [5]
St Magnus Cathedral dominates the skyline of Kirkwall, the main town of Orkney, a group of islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland.Originally Roman Catholic, it is the oldest cathedral in Scotland and the most northerly cathedral in the United Kingdom - a fine example of Romanesque architecture built when the islands were ruled by the Norse Earls of Orkney.
The building of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall in his honour by Rögnvald Kali commenced in 1137. [1] St Magnus Church, Birsay. A List of churches in Orkney, Scotland: The islands have an estimated 27 active churches for 21,500 inhabitants, a ratio of one church to every 796 people.
Both of Orkney's burghs, Kirkwall and Stromness, are on this island, which is also the heart of Orkney's transport system, with ferry and air connections to the other islands and to the outside world. The island is more heavily populated (75% of Orkney's population) than the other islands and has much fertile farmland. The Mainland is split ...
Kirkwall, the capital of the islands, is on the isthmus between west Mainland and east Mainland, which historically enabled it to have highly active harbours facing in two directions for the southern and northern Orkney Islands; the southern one, Scapa Flow, is a large, calm and immediately ocean-accessible natural harbour.
Saint Andrews is on the east side of Mainland, [2] and extends from the eastern boundary of Kirkwall parish to the sea, and includes the island of Kirkholm. [ 2 ] The land is mostly flat, but has diversities of surface, and rises nowhere higher than 350 ft. [ 2 ] The coast includes both sandy beach and precipitous rock, and has a large sea cavern.