Maeshowe Runes Pendant Metal:Silver they passed three nights carving

they passed three nights carving dozens of inscriptions in their twig-like runic alphabet: messages of love

conjured up by Ola Gorie and named for an Orkney friend

Margaret Macdonald worked with her husband on creating the famous Willow Tea Rooms in Sauchiehall Street

surf beats on pristine white beaches

Two versions of the characteristic Viking longship

Maeshowe Runes Pendant Metal:Silver they passed three nights carvingIn 1153 Viking adventurers broke into Orkney's greatest Neolithic tomb, Maeshowe. Stormbound, they passed three nights carving dozens of inscriptions in their twig like runic alphabet: messages of love, boasts of prowess, and rumours of treasure.