A Viking-age (c AD800-C12th) domestic hall-house (long hall, aisled hall) on the tidal island of the Brough of Birsay, off Mainland, Orkney.

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A Viking-age (c AD800-C12th) domestic hall-house (long hall, aisled hall) on the tidal island of the Brough of Birsay, Orkney, looking SE to Birsay Bay. The Brough, at the NW of Mainland, was an important centre for the Picts & later Norse settlers.

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Size: 3673px × 4961px
Location: Brough of Birsay Norse Hall-house, Birsay, Mainland, Orkney Scotland, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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