Deerness and Stenness schoolmaster Magnus Spence, who died 100 years ago, studied Orkney’s environment and weather, and, as Patricia Long outlines, took a pioneering step in archaeoastronomy with his study of Maeshowe and the winter solstice. John Crossley describes his work on plants that led to the book Flora Orcadensis.
In association with Orkney Field Club
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