[DOC] [TLE] Orkney - Wikipedia [PAR] Orkney /rkni/ (Scottish Gaelic: Arcaibh), also known as the Orkney Islands, 
is an ... In addition to the Mainland, most of the islands are in two groups, the 
North and ... the Roman geographer Pomponius Mela called the islands Orcades
, as did .... In the modern era, population peaked in the mid 19th century at just 
over... [DOC] [TLE] Northern Isles - Wikipedia [PAR] The Northern Isles is an archipelago comprising a chain of islands off the north 
coast of mainland Scotland. The climate is cool and temperate and much 
influenced by the surrounding seas. There are two main island groups: Shetland 
and Orkney. ... Stroma, which lies between mainland Scotland and Orkney, is part 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about ISLANDS - StudyStack [PAR] TAHITI IS PART OF THE 130-ISLAND GROUP CALLED FRENCH. ... THIS 
ISLAND GROUP THAT LIES JUST NORTH OF THE SCOTTISH MAINLAND WAS 
KNOWN TO CLASSICAL WRITERS AS THE ORCADES, ORKNEY ISLANDS. OF 
THE... [DOC] [TLE] Orkney Islands | council area, Scotland, United Kingdom | Britannica ... [PAR] Group of more than 70 islands and isletsonly about 20 of which are ... Scotland, 
lying about 20 miles (32 km) north of the Scottish mainland, across the strait 
known... ... The Orkney Islands were the Orcades of ancient classical literature. ... 
The second largest of the Orkney Islands, Hoy, lies south of West Mainland, 
along... [DOC] [TLE] Scottish Odysseys: The Archaeology of Islands (2005) [PAR] We consider why archaeologists are so strongly attracted to island groups, often 
... 'The sea is all islands and the land all lochs' an island history of North Uist 
during the ... which remains conspicuous in its absence from archaeological 
literature. ... with different parts of islands and mainland Scotland being either 
linked or... [DOC] [TLE] Hall, Simon W. (2009) The history of Orkney literature. PhD thesis ... [PAR] Literature, of Scottish Literature, and of medieval Norse Literature. Orkney's ... 
hypothesis that a sea-girt island group like Orkney can become the locus for a 
literature of its own .... The Viking Age in Caithness, Orkney and the North Atlantic
, ... mainland) are echoed later in the saga when King Magnus Barelegs claims 
the. [DOC] [TLE] Journal of the North Atlantic, Special Volume 4 (2013): 189198 [PAR] Where is Orkney? The Conceptual Position of Orkney in Middle English Arthurian 
Literature John D. Shafer. [DOC] [TLE] random notes: geographer-at-large: April 2012 [PAR] Apr 2, 2012 ... Reading, writing, and arithmetic are comparatively safe, but geography .... In April 
of 1320 a delegation of the Scottish Parliament (headed by the Abbot of .... As far 
as we know, there is no actual place called the Isle of Thule. ... to the north of 
Scotland's mainland, or one of the Faroe Islands to the northwest,... [DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The Orkneys and Shetland; their past and present state" [PAR] The Orkneys under Scottish and British Rule  State on Transfer from Denmark 
... Sanday  Shapinsay  Rousay  North Coast of Hoy  Mainland  Cava 
..... castles, or forts (hereafter 8 THE ORKNEYS AND SHETLAND. called brochs), 
...... literature, and the same remark would probably apply to the whole group. [DOC] [TLE] IN THE SCOTTISH ISLANDS. Doctor of Philosophy at Leicester ... [PAR] Graph to show the populations of Scottish island groups, with time. 100. Graph to 
show ..... their first men later than the mainland, at around 3800 BC, ..... Harris, 
North & South Uist, Barra and the Inner Hebrides, at the time of ..... A 'herbal' 
based on a trawl of Martin Martin's literature is to be ..... of the Tides about the 
Orcades'. [DOC] [TLE] Vikings in Wales and their influence - Land of Legends [PAR] Kings like Rhodri ap Merfyn, known as Rhodri Mawr (the Great, 844 to 878 ... 
Influence On Welsh Art, Music and Literature; Norse Settlements in Wales ... that 
the position of the Island of Thule

Question: This island group that lies just north of the Scottish mainland was known to classical writers as the Orcades
Answer: the Orkney Islands