John Rae Society – To promote the life and history of one of the greatest Victorian explorers

News, Research, The Hall

30 June 2020

Archaeology 3: Treasure found !

We cleared an area in front of the stair to see what the courtyard surface was like. It is largely [...]

Research, The Hall

26 June 2020

Archaeology 2: North Face

This shot shows an extension to the north face area. It goes past the northwest corner of the Hall. Behind [...]

Research, The Hall

24 June 2020

Archaeology: Stone Curbing

This shows the recently uncovered stone curbing at the North end of the Hall. The interior has been closed [...]

News, Research, The Hall

5 June 2020

New discoveries at the Hall!

Our President, Andrew Appleby is very keen to explore the archaeology of The Hall of Clestrain. Andrew feels that there [...]

News, Sponsorship, The Hall

7 May 2020

JRS acquire funding from Orkney Island Council

The John Rae Society board of trustees are delighted that Orkney Islands Council (OIC), through the Community Development Fund (CDF), [...]

News, The Hall

29 April 2020

New designs for the Hall ?

We were cheered the other day to receive these paintings from the pupils in Class P1-4 at the North Walls [...]

News

22 April 2020

New committee members

Our committee has grown recently and we welcome: James GrieveMichelle ScottBarbara RaeandLiz Macinally They are actively participating in our on-line video meetings [...]

News, The Hall

17 April 2020

JRS, Team work and the 'lockdown'

During this difficult time the hard working committees of the John Rae Society are still progressing with the project of [...]

News, Sponsorship

23 March 2020

John Rae Explorer badges

We are please to announce that the badges for the John Rae Explorer scouts troop have arrived. These have been [...]

Events, News

17 March 2020

'The Future of Clestrain' Community event

The community engagement event at Orphir was a great success despite it being held on the same day as the [...]

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