The Orkney Heritage Society in
Orkney, Scotland, is a
nonprofit organisation founded in 1968.
It promotes "the beauty, history and character of Orkney" as well as "high standards of architecture and planning" in Orkney. It organizes conferences and grants awards and prizes for writing, historical and architectural projects. It publishes ''New Orkney Antiquarian Journal'' as well as a newsletter and other publications.
Its founder members were:
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Ernest Marwick
Ernest Walker Marwick (born 1915 Evie, Orkney; died July 1977) was an Orcadian writer noted for his writings on Orkney folklore and history.
Marwick's father was a travelling salesman who had a smallholding in the parish of Evie, to the north o ...
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Laura Grimond
Orkney Heritage Society is a
registered charity.
See also
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Orkney dialect
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Orkney lamb
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Orkney Single Malts
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Orkney vole
The Orkney vole (''Microtus arvalis orcadensis'') is a population of the common vole (''Microtus arvalis'') found in the Orkney Islands, off the northern coast of Scotland, as well as in the Channel Island of Guernsey. Orkney voles are about 10% ...
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Orkney Yole
References
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External links
Official websiteOrkney Archaeological Trust website
1968 establishments in Scotland
Organisations based in Orkney
Charities based in Scotland
Organizations established in 1968
Heritage organisations in Scotland