Burray and South Ronaldsay

Local services in Burray and South Ronaldsay

In this section you will find details of key services including health and care, community activities, transport, shops and craft workshops, restaurants, cafes and hotels, and – of course – toilets. We also highlight things we do not have (like petrol pumps).

A (very) brief history of  South Ronaldsay

On this page, we provide an outline of what has happened in the islands over the last 13,000 years or so. Human activity looks to have been present here around 11,000 BCE i.e. in the Palaeolithic Period. As the Ice Age closed, people arrived in Orkney.

updated: March 16, 2025