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A specially created ‘dress’ dedicated to the memory of a local woman, Marabel Couper, who was found guilty of witchcraft and condemned to death ‘by public strangulation and burning at Gallow Ha’, in 1624, will be unveiled soon at Orkney Library and Archive.

St Magnus Cathedral has long been a place where people remember and pay tribute to those who gave their lives during both World Wars – and no memorial is more poignant that that of HMS Royal Oak. 

Saturday 17 May 2025 is a special day in the Orkney and Norway calendar, with the annual marking of Norwegian Constitution Day. 

Dig deep into the messages on Cathedral gravestones, his coming Wednesday, 2 April, in the first of our specially-themed Cathedral Curator Tours.  

Broad Street in Kirkwall may be single lane at times on Tuesday 1 April (weather dependent) to allow high level surveys via a crane to be carried out on St. Magnus Cathedral – to the West Front and North Side.

‘All Kinds of Everything Reminds Me of You’ is a collection of recent works by Sheena Graham-George, spanning  mediums and celebrating life and creativity.

This summer, a new series of tours will be launched in St Magnus Cathedral. 

Time will stand still whilst the Cathedral clockwork undergoes a major overhaul and clean this Spring. 

The majestic St Magnus Cathedral will be closed to the public from 3pm-4.30pm on Saturday 22 March for a very royal occasion! 

Broad Street will be closed to traffic this Sunday 9 March to enable routine high-level survey work on Kirkwall Town Hall.