Orkney Islands Religious Spots
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 00:41:28
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 2 pages (644 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Sociology
Length: 2 pages (644 words)
The Orkney Islands: are found off the northern tip of Scotland where the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean come together. Orkney is made up of over 67 islands. The exact amount of islands is difficult to count since many are skerries - small uninhabited islets. About 20 of the 67 islands are inhabited. With a latitude of 59 degrees north, which is only about 50 miles south of Greenland, Orkney is, at its widest, 30 miles from east to west …
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…the St. Magnus Cathedral.
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McCaffrey, Carmel: In Search of Ancient Ireland: From Neolithic Times to the Coming of the English, New Amsterdam Books, 2002.
Orkney Chapel: http://www.scotsitalian.com/orkney_chapel.htm
St. Magus Cathedral: http://sites.scran.ac.uk/stmagnus/
Symbols of the Four Evangelists: http://myweb.lmu.edu/fjust/Evangelists_Symbols.htm
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