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Extract from the Kirkwall Travel Guides:
Initial impressions of
KIRKWALL
, Orkney's capital, are not always favourable. However, it does have one great redeeming feature - its sandstone
cathedral
, without doubt the finest medieval building in the north of Scotland. Part of the reason for Kirkwall's disappointing waterfront is that today's harbour is a largely modern invention; in the mid-nineteenth century, the shoreline ran along Junction Road, and before that it was flush with the west side of Broad Street. Nowadays, the town is very much divided into two main focal points: the busy
harbour
, at the north end of the town, where ferries co...
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