[MR] BBC: Orkney Saint's Face Reconstructed

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends, Especially Vikings and Fellow Scots:

A noted forensic artist has completed a facial reconstruction of St. 
Magnus, patron saint of Orkney. Hew Morrison used photos of a skull 
found in St. Magnus' cathedral during renovations in 1925. The remains 
themselves are walled up in a pillar at the cathedral, and thus 
unavailable for study: 
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-38892669 
. Hansom guy.

Magnus Erlendsson was an Earl of Orkney until he was murdered on the 
orders of his cousin and co-earl Hakon circa 1117: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Erlendsson,_Earl_of_Orkney .

St. Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwell is one of only two intact medieval 
cathedral churches in Scotland (the other is St. Mungo's Cathedral in 
Glasgow): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Magnus_Cathedral .

Yours Aye,


Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge