The Ancient Islands of Orkney
Off the north coast of Scotland,there are seventy islands which form the Orkney Islands. Some are no more than sixteen have human populations.Apart from Rousay and Hoy , the islands are low-lying and good for farming. Although tourism is now the main industry, farming is still as important to Island life as it was thousands of years ago. People have fanned here for more than 4500 years and you can still see parts of a village from time no the biggest island, which is called the mainland. The strange stone box beds that are left show us that the inhabitants used to sleep sitting up rather than lying down !