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The building stone
Masons' marks
Green Man carving, South Presbytery
Statue of St Magnus, 14th-century
St Magnus' Skull
John Mooney
J.M. Gunn
Buckham Hugh Hossack
The Thoms window
The Cathedral Bells
The Cathedral Dungeon
Mort Brod
Statue of St Olaf
William Balfour Baikie Memorial
Robert Rendall Plaque
Storer Clouston Plaque
Stanley Cursiter Plaque
John Rae's Memorial
George Mackay Brown Plaque
Sketch of St Rognvald Carving
Biometric Report
St Magnus Church, Egilsay
Orkneyinga Saga
Andenes Altarpiece
John Rae's Grave
The alms dishes
The Communion chalices
The hangman's ladder
17th century pulpit
The Strong Room
The polychrome stone work
Remains of a cathedra
Choir and presbytery floor tiles
The St Magnus Hymn
HMS Royal Oak
Memorial to HMS Royal Oak
The Mercat Cross
Crear McCartney
Oscar Patterson
Douglas Strachan
Limestone Coffin
The Spire
West Nave Vaulting
Hordaland Tapestry
Stained glass techniques
Green Man
St Magnus Hymn
St Magnus Saga
Mercat Cross Replica
Yellow sandstone
Stone Heads
Stone heads (S.E. Knave)
Stone heads (Presbytery)
Columns
Mouldings
Blind arcading
Capital decoration
Capital decoration (North Presbytery)
Capital decoration (S.W. Presbytery)
Capital decoration (S. Transept)
Wall grave stones
Wall grave stones (E. Cuthbert)
Wall grave stones (N. Traill)
Wall grave stones (Cptn Peter)
A burial place...Bishop William
A burial place...Bishop Thomas
A burial place...King Hakkon
A burial place...Earl Erlend
The St Magnus reliquary
Modern gargoyles
Orkney within the Norwegian Kingdom
The Faroe Islands within the Norwegian Kingdom
Iceland within the Norwegian Kingdom
Greenland within the Norwegian Kingdom
Brough of Birsay
Scar boat burial
The Skaill Hoard
The Maes Howe carvings
Durham Cathedral
Dunfermline Abbey
St Andrews Cathedral
Genealogy of the Norse Earls
Arches
Vaulting
Roofing
The first stage of construction
The later stages of construction
The early shape of the building
The early shape of the east end
Stanley Cursiter and the St Rognvald Chapel
St Triduana Stained Glass Window
St Martin of Tours Stained Glass Window
St Nicholas Stained Glass Window
St Ninian Stained Glass Window
Sigurd I Stained Glass Window
Thorfinn II Stained Glass Window
Thorfinn I Stained Glass Window
Torf-Einar Stained Glass Window
Parable of the Sower Stained Glass Window
Parable of the Good Samaritan Stained Glass Window
King Solomon Stained Glass Window
King David Stained Glass Window
Adam Stained Glass Window
Isaac Stained Glass Window
Harald Hadrada Stained Glass Window
St Magnus Stained Glass Window
St James the Greater Stained Glass Window
St Veronica Stained Glass Window
George Mackay Brown's novel 'Magnus'
Kirkwall in the Orkneys by Buckham Hugh Hossack
Albert Thomson's paper on masons' marks
William Bisset's gravestone
Clerk of Works reports 1912-1920
The Mackie Watson scheme: The three plans
The Mackie Watson scheme: The soaring pulpit
The Mackie Watson scheme: The Bronze Doors
The Mackie Watson scheme: The Triforium Scenes
The 800th anniversary pageant
The 800th anniversary commemoration service
The 850th anniversary conference
The 850th anniversary children's pilgrimage
Strain gauges in the transepts
Strain gauges in the nave
Jurek Putter's print of St Magnus
The Cross Mould
Map of Kirkwall around 1130
Sixteenth century map of Scandinavia
The Norwegian Bible
The Norwegian Flag
The Soapstone Head
The exposed arches on the choir flanks
The corbel tables of the choir aisle and clerestory
The eastern limb from the south
The west end of the nave
The workers who built the cathedral
The workers in the 1970s
The martyrdom of St Magnus display
The martyrdom of St Magnus display
Bishop Bjarni Kolbeinsson
The north transept chapel
The south transept chapel
The iron rings
The St Rognvald Chapel figures
The St Rognvald pulpit
The St Rognvald Lectern
The St Rognvald communion table
The 850th anniversary font
The font in the nave
The present pulpit
The choir stalls
The communion table in the choir
Court book of Orkney and Shetland
St Nicholas Church vessels
Aumbry in the south transept chapel
High Altar
Artist's impression of the reliquary
The childrens' reliquary
Stanley Cursiter's eerie tale
Stanley Cursiter's recollection of the John Rae memorial
Stanley Cursiter's appeal
Albert Thomson talking about the bells
Aumbry in the strongroom
The Bishop's Palace
Bishop's Palace round tower
The statue on the Bishop's Palace
Peter Wick
Albert Thomson
James Rousay
Society of Friends
St Magnus Cathedral
Buckham Hugh Hossack's grave
The 30th of February gravestone
The War Memorial
Albert Thomson's graveyard research
The 1926 Organ
The 1971 Organ
An overview of The St Magnus Festival
First St Magnus Festival
Sound clip of "The Martyrdom of St Magnus"
Old Cathedral Clock
The marble steps
Map of the surrounding area
Tankerness House Museum
The St Magnus Centre
"Kirkwall in the Orkneys" by Stanley Cursiter
"First Visit of Queen Elizabeth the Second and the Duke of Edinburgh" by Stanley Cursiter
"St Magnus Cathedral and the Lammas Fair" by Tom Scott
"I' the Kirk Laft" by Robert Rendall
"The Orkney Earls" by Robert Rendall
The communion table in the crossing
Skeletal Symbols
Symbols of Time
The Templar Grave Stone
The Organ Screen
The Choir Aisle Screens
The Main West Door Screen
The Lectern
The Boiler
The Pendant Lights
Video of Winding the Clock
Photograph of Winding the Clock
The sundial
The Cathedral Clock Mechanism
The Cathedral Clock Face
The early twentieth century workers
Drawing of a ceiling boss
Photograph of a ceiling boss in the east presbytery
A baptism in St Magnus Cathedral
A wedding in St Magnus Cathedral
A funeral in St Magnus Cathedral
Video of Norwegian Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
Photograph of Norwegian Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony
The Procession of St Lucy
Anti-War Protest outside St Magnus Cathedral
Throw-up for the Mens' Ba'
Throw-up for the Boys' Ba'
Chair Mending
Roof Cleaning
Vacuum Cleaning
Stone Replacement and Repairs
Traditional stone masons' tools
Modern stone masons' tools
Colin Watson's Green Man Carving
The 1536 Charter
The 1661 Charter
Norse Bishops
Scottish Bishops
Ministers of First and Second Charge
Ministers of Combined Charge
Ringing the Bells
Stanley Cursiter speaking about drawing the Cathedral
Stanley Cursiter speaking about the history of the Cathedral
The Council Cathedral Sub-Committee
Ownership of the Cathedral
The Cathedral Organ being played
St Magnus Cathedral Choir singing
Stone mason setting out a stone
Stone mason cutting in a leaf formation
Stone mason doing delicate work on a leaf formation
The St Magnus Plaque
Engraving of the 'Earl's Seat'
Presbyterian Parish Church
Norwegian Royal Visit
The St Magnus Fair
A Church of Scotland Parish Church
The 2002 St Magnus Festival
Norwegian Constitution Day Video Clip
The Unknown Cathedral
Sails in St Magnus
Crusader Cross
Stained Glass Display
The Skillet Bell
Phoebe of Cenchrea Stained Glass Window
Statue of St Olaf, 14th-century
Stone mason cutting out the underside of a leaf formation
Reverend Barclay's letter to Kirkwall Town Council
Albert Thomson's Threatened Resignation
Drawing of the nave
Line drawing of a pendant light
Charcoal drawing
Stone Heads - SMC051
To be found on the north side of the nave are carved heads. They are located at the base of the roof supports and are placed in pairs. The heads are carved in a naturalistic fashion.
The two heads shown can be found in the north east side of the nave. The head to the left clearly has its fingers to its mouth as if it has said something it shouldn't.
Carved heads can be found throughout St Magnus Cathedral. They can be found on the north and south sides of the nave and in the presbytery, amongst other places.
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