My name is Thor Martin and I live in Oslo. Over the past couple of years I have built Fornland, a map of archaeological sites and protected buildings across the Nordic countries, the Baltic states and the British Isles. Around 1.8 million records from 19 national registers sit on the same map, so you can see what is in a landscape without working through five separate databases.
The Scottish material comes from Historic Environment Scotland, so scheduled monuments and listed buildings across Orkney are on there. What made me build the thing in the first place is the view you get when Orkney sits next to Norway and the Faroes on one screen rather than in three separate systems. Brochs, chambered cairns and Norse settlement start to look like one distribution.
The map is free and carries no advertising, and nobody needs an account. It works on a phone, so it is meant to be opened while you are standing in a field. I thought it might be useful to your members. Do pass it on if you like it.
I would be glad to hear from you if you spot mistakes.
Best wishes
Thor Martin Bærug
Fornland an interactive map of history, folklaw and archaeology
