About Fossil and Heritage Centre

Fossils and rocks from Orkney and beyond, housed in 19th century farm buildings including fossils of strange and now-extinct fish which lived in Lake Orcadie 385 million years ago, illustrations which bring to life the fish and the world they inhabited, a timeline to convey the immense timescale in which planets are born, rocks and fossils form, whole continents move and an exploration of Orkney geology, the rocks of Orkney and how the landscape we see today was formed.

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April - September Daily 10.00am - 5.00pm

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Fossil and Heritage Centre

Burray, The Orkney Isles, The Highlands, KW17 2SX, Scotland

Tel: 01856 731255

Last updated: 19:30 27/06/2026

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