Magnus 900
Date: 01 January 2017
Orkney celebrated St Magnus through the Magnus 900 Festival supported by Heritage Lottery Funding. This included the display of ‘The Sails’ in St Magnus Cathedral.
The culmination of the Birsay Mapping Magnus project will be realised in 2020 with the installation of two interpretative sign boards to mark the work done by the local community, led by The University of the Highlands Archaeology Institute, to excavate and capture the local archaeology of the Palace settlement and surrounding Birsay coastline. Five West Mainland schools took part in the project along with over 60 participants.
- Summary:
Orkney celebrated St Magnus through the Magnus 900 Festival supported by Heritage Lottery Funding. This included the display of ‘The Sails’ in St Magnus Cathedral.
The culmination of the Birsay Mapping Magnus project will be realised in 2020 with the installation of two interpretative sign boards to mark the work done by the local community, led by The University of the Highlands Archaeology Institute, to excavate and capture the local archaeology of the Palace settlement and surrounding Birsay coastline. Five West Mainland schools took part in the project along with over 60 participants.
