The John Rae Society

The John Rae Society commissioned Simpson & Brown Architects and Heritage Consultants to produce a Conservation Maintenance Plan for the [...]

Andrew DivingOrkney’s John Rae Society’s Fundraising group had the bright idea of asking supporters to do special sponsored challenges to [...]

After hurting my back in February, I was forced to cease my sea swimming! then I fell off my brother’s [...]

The John Rae Society is looking for someone to lead the press and publicity activities for the Society as we enter [...]

Cathy, the daughter of one of our Trustees Liz MacInally has taken part in the Great Kiltwalk and has raised [...]

Ian Waddell 1942 – 2021Ian Waddell Q.C. was due to give us a talk on the 5th May.Born in Glasgow, [...]

By Tom Addyman, MA (Conservation of Historic Buildings) with distinction, established Addyman Archaeology, one of the leading archaeological companies in [...]

Our talk On-Line Talk: Where Sheep May Safely Graze on the future of The Hall of Clestrain and the [...]

Forgotten Hero — Now Remembered    March 12th 2021 This was the first in our series of online talks about the Arctic [...]

We are organising a series of Zoom hosted on-line talks and also Orkney Archaeology Society are hosting one for us [...]