Orkney Digital Guide

Name: Orkney Digital Guide
Brand: Historic Scotland
SKU: 36029
Price: 3.0 GBP
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.3 (19 reviews)

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Discover nearly 5,000 years of Orkney’s history and prehistory: chambered cairns, ancient villages, stone circles, brochs, castles, palaces, mills and military installations via our Orkney Digital Guide download.

All 35 Historic Scotland sites in the Orkney Islands are covered in this comprehensive Orkney digital guide which has been exclusively created for Historic Scotland and will be delivered via a hyperlink within your order confirmation email.

See below for instructions and troubleshooting
Please download prior to arriving on the island to ensure a speedy and full download
For phone device only

Product Details

Includes

90 stories in total
15 video sections made from stunning aerial footage and lifelike 3D scans
Interviews with experts from archaeologists and historians to a baker and a broch-builder
Extracts from Norse sagas, modern poets and other sources

Instructions & Troubleshooting

Download

Download via the blue hyperlink within your confirmation email
Due to the remote location of the island, it is essential that you download the guide via wifi prior to your visit
iOS users; download via Safari browser and save the guide as a bookmark on your home screen
Android users; download via Google Chrome via the button provided
Open the app immediately to allow the download to complete
PLEASE NOTE; the guide is unavailable for Kindle or tablet devices
The download is designed for phone devices only

If you need further assistance, please contact our online team at shop@hes.scot

Overall rating: 4.3157897 / 5 from 19 reviews.

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Fantastic little guide

"I bought this on a whim and am so glad I did! It's so useful to have a guide that works offline, especially in more remote areas where I couldn't get a phone signal. The mini-guides are full of information to whet the interest, with the more famous sites having more depth as you'd expect. Just browsing the app led us to places we hadn't heard of, such as the souterrain at Rennibuster - well worth the trip! The app was also brilliant for our day on Rousay, so much to see there. You can't beat the price, to be honest I'd have paid more for it!!"

— Sian W. (5/5)

Great guide. Found amazing sites

"Great guide. Found amazing sites to visit we had not heard about elsewhere."

— John P. (5/5)

Useful Guide.

"I found the guide to be very helpful in deciding how to get the best out of my trip to Orkney. Would recommend this item."

— P S. (5/5)

A useful guide.

"Easy to install and very informative. We were glad we installed it. It brought the sites to life!"

— Ian W. (5/5)

Only working partially

"Photos and content very interesting but unable to access any maps"

— Jill R. (3/5)

Orkney digital guide

"I used this mainly for walking around Skara Brae and felt it was really good. Used it for Brodgar ring, Stenness and the Bishops Palace too, and would have liked to use it more but didn't have the opportunity. I thought useful for the price and even if its used for only one site it is worthwhile purchase."

— Jacqueline S. (4/5)

Really helpful and informative digital

"Really helpful and informative digital assistance."

— Nicola B. (4/5)

Great Preview!

"Our time on the Orkney Islands will be limited, so we have been reviewing the many incredible sites using this guide in order to prioritize and plan what we will be able to see in person when we’re there. We would love to visit every island and see every beautiful site and historic place, but we just won’t have time."

— Michele B. (5/5)

Unusable

"The app would constantly lock up as it would not respond to clicks on its icons."

— Jim S. (1/5)

Very informative guide! I listened

"Very informative guide! I listened to it before going to Orkney and was very useful to prepare and organise the trip."

— Natalia R. (5/5)