If you want to find out more about any of the Partners mentioned here there are a number of web sites which you can log on to. These link you to HLF, the RSPB, Historic Scotland and some of the other partners who support the Scapa Flow Landscape Partnership Scheme.
Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)
http://www.hlf.org.uk/english
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH)
http://www.snh.org.uk/scottish/nisles/orkney.asp
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB)
http://www.rspb.org.uk/
The Robertson Trust
http://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/
LEADER
http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/LEADER/
http://www.leaderbrighton-hove.org/
Historic Scotland
http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/
Talisman Energy
www.talisman-energy.com
European Regional Development Fund
http://www.communities.gov.uk/citiesandregions/european/europeanregionaldevelopment/ply click on to the link to log on to the site.
Also, if you'd like additional information about the projects then click on the links below.
Archaeology
For info on the excavations at The Cairns and at Cantick you can log on to:
www.orkneyjar.com/ You will find the information on the main page. Cantick comes under The Cantick mound that turned square and for details on the dig at the Cairns look under the heading Unravelling centuries of Iron Age activity
Orkneyjar is a wonderful site that contains information on a wealth of Orkney subjects and is a very good place to begin any of your searches
For articles on the excavatons at Howe Broch, Stromness (Dave Lynn) and Searches for the First Settlers of Orkney and the work on the Submerged landscapes in Orkney (Caroline Wickham -Jones) log on to
www.orkneydigs.org.uk/dhl/papers/cwj/index.html/
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffpages/uploads/arc007/OrkneyQuarterlyReport2008Decfinal.pdf
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/staffpages/uploads/arc007/RT%20interim%20report%20Mar09.pdf
http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/ProjGall/wickham/index.html
http://www.orkneyjar.com/archaeology/firthscans.htm
http://www.fettes.com/orkney/holocene.htm
http://www.snh.org.uk/publications/on-line/livinglandscapes/coasts/evolution.asp
To find out more about the work of the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA)
www.orca.uhi.ac.uk/
Traditional Boat Building
www.ianbrichardson.co.uk/
www.hlf.org.uk/NR/rdonlyres/BBD39150-AD02-467C-B401-344F68B9
Orkney Yole Association
www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/YOLEASSOCIATION/
There is an article in the LIVING ORKNEY magazine on `An Orkney Yole takes shape' - Len Wilson tells the story of the Orkney Yole Association and the traditional boat building poject. This can be found in the April 2008 issue. Back dated copies are held in the Orkney Library, Junction Road, Kirkwall
To find out more about the Orkney Boat Museum log on to
www.spacemonkeylab.com/clestrain/boat-museum
The Boy's Ploughing Match, South Ronaldsay
http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/ploughingmatch.htm
http://www.orkneyjar.com/tradition/festivalofhorse.htm
Traditional Craft Building Skills
http://orkneycrofts.com/why-orkney/arts-craft-in-orkney
http://www.orkneydesignercrafts.com/orkney-textiles-knitwear.php
http://www.orkneychairs.freeuk.com/
http://www.orkneyholidays.com/orklink/crafts.htm
http://www.visitorkney.com/creative/
http://www.hi-arts.co.uk/CRAFTS/Orkney%20CraftTrail%20Brochure.pdf
Orkney Dialect
http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/dialect/index.html
http://www.orkneyjar.com/orkney/dialect/dialectarchive.htm
http://www.orkneycommunities.co.uk/OHS/index.asp?pageid=2090
https://www.orcadian.co.uk/acatalog/Orcadian_Bookshop_Whit_Like_the_Day____Understanding_Orkney_Dialect_246.html
Hoy Heritage
http://www.orkneytourism.co.uk/islands/hoy.htm
The Story of Flotta
http://www.flottawebguide.co.uk/articles/history.htm
http://www.orkneytourism.co.uk/islands/flotta.htm
Background information on how Christianity came to Orkney
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/historicalfigures/earlsigurd/earlsigurdconvert.htm
http://www.orcadian.co.uk/books/reviews/papar.htm
The Norse Mill, The Bu, Orphir
http://www.oat.org.uk/dhl/PAPERS/cb/index.html (notes on the excavation)
http://www.orkneyjar.com/history/or-chrch.htm
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/westmainland/orphirchurch/index.html
http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=5tPSivo8VRwC&pg=PA191&lpg=PA191&dq=The+Bu,+Orphir&source=bl&ots=0vLvhMucgY&sig=3fbak_F13sWSCkE1Wpep0YtTxvQ&hl=en&ei=n_DSSvKhOsiz4Qaf7KmAAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=6&ved=0CBcQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=The%20Bu%2C%20Orphir&f=false
Scapa Flow Marine Litter Awareness Raising Project
http://www.snh.org.uk/futures/Data/pdfdocs/Orkney_Caithness.pdf
Natural Heritage Walks
http://www.snh.org.uk/scottish/nisles/orkney.asp
Eelgrass (Zostera)
http://www.orkney.gov.uk/media/chief_executive/images/Local_Biodiversity_Action_Plan_2002.pdf
http://www.savescottishseas.org/pdfs/DamageSeagrass.pdf
Scapa Flow Common Skate Conservation Scheme
http://www.seaanglingorkney.com/species/common_skate.shtml
http://www.hmsorkney.com/index.htm
http://www.fishupdate.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/12305/Results_show_that_skate_are_long_distance_swimme.html
http://www.catchalot.co.uk/tagging/dec2000.htm
http://www.divemagazine.co.uk/news/article.asp?UAN=3548&v=1
The Landscape and Ecology of the Churchill Barriers
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/eastmainland/churchill/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churchill_Barriers
http://www.fettes.com/orkney/churchill%20barrier.htm
http://www.secretscotland.org.uk/index.php/Secrets/ChurchillBarriers
http://www.simontreasure.name/html/burray_.html
http://www.glaucus.org.uk/Mermaid.htm
Wild Trout Trust
http://www.wildtrout.org/
Orkney Lighthouses
http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/ork.htm
http://www.seaviewsonly.com/component/option,com_adsmanager/page,show_ad/adid,172/Itemid,34/
Ness Battery
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site/81794/manuscripts/ness+battery/?&sort_typ=collectionDate&sort_ord=asc
http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/whereilive/coast/stages.shtml?walk=highlandsandnorthernisles&stage=5
The wrecks in Scapa Flow
http://www.sunrisecharters.co.uk/scapa.htm
http://uk.search.yahoo.com/search?p=wrecks+in+scapa+flow&ei=UTF-8&meta=vc%3D&fr=FP-tab-web-t340&xargs=0&pstart=1&b=11
http://www.scapamap.org/
The Aviation Research Group for Orkney and Shetland (A.R.G.O.S)
http://crashsiteorkney.com/
The smaller islands in the Flow (Cava, Fara, Stroma)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cava,_Orkney
http://www.orkneyguide.com/ogbpdf/Mall%20Isles.pdf
http://www.flickr.com/photos/annadg/1031473476/
http://www.redwebforum.com/isles/fara/Home.htm
http://www.alanmoar.flyer.co.uk/orkney/Swona/swona.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swona
http://www.redwebforum.com/isles/swona/Home.htm
Longhope Lifeboat Museum
http://www.orkneytoday.ltd.uk/news_item.asp?newsItem=103
http://www.geo.ed.ac.uk/scotgaz/features/featurelinks11010.html
http://www.orcadian.co.uk/features/articles/victoriaanchor.htm
We are keen to promote any businesses which offer a chance for people to see and appreciate Scapa Flow's heritage. Please contact us if you think your business should be linked here.
Boat hire for trips within Scapa Flow
http://www.leviathan-int.com/
http://orkanadventures.com/
http://www.orkneyboattrips.co.uk/
If you are interested in volunteering in the countryside there is a very good web site which you can log on to http://www.countrysidevolunteers.org.uk/
Local News
A number of websites give the latest news stories and features relating to Orkney.
Radio Orkney:
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