Norwegian edifice, and is by far the grandest monument of the rule of the Norsemen in Orkney.
In these circumstances, it is not to be expected that the architecture should in every detail follow the contemporary styles which prevailed in
Fig. 231.—Kirkwall Cathedral. Doorway in South Transept.
Britain; but it is astonishing to find how closely the earlier parts correspond with the architecture of Normandy, which was developed by a kindred race—the successors of Rollo and his rovers, who settled in that country at an earlier date.
Fig. 232.—Kirkwall Cathedral. Interior of Doorway in South Transept. The shaded voussoirs are of yellow and the remainder of red freestone.