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A search for a missing person took place in the early hours of this morning in South Ronaldsay. The Sumburgh-based coastguard ...
The tiny Orkney island of South Ronaldsay became the centre of a worldwide media storm in 1991 when nine children were removed from four families following allegations of satanic sexual abuse.
The 'South Ronaldsay Boys Ploughing Match', which dates back to the 19th century, is an archaic throwback to the area's pre-modern history. During the festival, young boys take miniature ploughs ...
A small cruise ship which was at anchorage off South Ronaldsay this weekend has encountered difficulties during its departure ...
In 1991, five boys and four girls, aged between eight and 15, were taken from their homes on South Ronaldsay. The children, who could not be identified at the time, returned to their homes two months ...
What unfolded on tiny South Ronaldsay in Orkney that morning in early 1991 triggered Scotland's biggest case of alleged satanic child abuse. And it led to some of the darkest days in the history ...
Perched high above the cliffs of South Ronaldsay, one of Scotland’s most remarkable ancient sites offers a window into life and death thousands of years ago. Known as the Tomb of the Eagles ...
The bowl, carved from an alder tree log, was recovered from a well beneath the floor of a broch at The Cairns, South Ronaldsay, in July. Painstaking conservation work of the mud-covered ...
The headland is reached by a footpath that hugs the edge of the cliffs of the island of South Ronaldsay harder than I would wish. Having walked for two hours, I have seen no-one, the wide silence ...
The 5,000-year-old burial site, on South Ronaldsay (map) in the Orkney Islands, was accidentally uncovered after a homeowner had leveled a mound in his yard to improve his ocean view. (See ...
However, as a blizzard set in and with visibility near zero, they ran on to rocks off the east coast of South Ronaldsay. As the ships broke and were swallowed by the sea many of the crew were ...
The tiny Orkney island of South Ronaldsay became the centre of a worldwide media storm in 1991 when nine children were removed from four families following allegations of satanic sexual abuse.