Dundas House, Corn-drying Kiln View from NNW showing NNW front
SC 459501
Description Dundas House, Corn-drying Kiln View from NNW showing NNW front
Date 30/4/1976
Collection Papers of Professor John R Hume, economic and industrial historian, Glasgow, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 459501
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Steading with corn kiln, near Osquoy, South Ronaldsay, Orkney This is a good example of a circular corn-drying kiln attached to a small barn. Such kilns were formerly common features of Orkney steadings. This view shows the kiln with its attached barn. Internally the kiln had a fireplace at the base, with a perforated floor above, on which the grain to be dried was spread. Kilns like this were necessary in Orkney, where it was rarely possible to harvest grain in dry conditions. The main grain crops were oats and a form of barley known as bere. These kiln could also be used for drying malt for home brewing. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
External Reference H76/26/3
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