For more than a century there has been debate about whether a wooden box discovered within a pillar within St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall was the saint’s reliquary. The box, found by workmen ...

The striking St Magnus Cathedral, dating back to 1137, dominates the skyline and boasts breathtaking beauty both inside and out. Also worth visiting is the Orkney Museum, housed in a 16th-century ...

The old medieval London Bridge with St Magnus the Marytr’s church to the left. The circled area is the old pedestrian entrance which still remains to this day. It was therefore decided in 1799 that a ...