The Earl's Bu, Orphir - feasting, farming & commerce at the heart of the Orkney Norse Earldom HES publications Through vivid storytelling and rich

Through vivid storytelling and rich historical detail

This quirky design features the map of Iona

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A reproduction of this tapestry can be viewed at Stirling Castle

The Earl's Bu, Orphir - feasting, farming & commerce at the heart of the Orkney Norse Earldom HES publications Through vivid storytelling and richThis volume brings together for the first time major findings from the Earls Bu at Orphir, a flagship site in Orkney best known for its distinctive Late Norse Round Church and adjacent archaeological site. Made famous in the pages of the Orkneyinga Saga, which so clearly describe the extensive highstatus feasting activities that took place here, excavators in the 1930s suggested the wall footings at the Bu were the remains of a Drinking Hall. However,