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Sketchbook no 5 on Orkney & Shetland.

MS 28/487/7

Description Sketchbook no 5 on Orkney & Shetland.

Date c. 1862 to 1870

Collection Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

Catalogue Number MS 28/487/7

Category All Other

Scope and Content Sketchbook no.5 with drawings by George Petrie with some pages cut out entirely and others partially cut. Page 1 reverse, plan of East Broch of Burray; page 2 reverse, plan and 3 elevations of West Broch of Burray; page 3 reverse, ground plan of Burroughston broch, Shapinsay; page 4 first floor plan, section, elevation of entrance into Burroughston brochand sketch of human skull fragment from Lingro broch; page 5 plan of Netlater broch and outbuilding, Harray, with three detailed elevations; page 6 sketch plan of East Broch of Burray; page 7 reverse, plan of Broch of Burrian, Russland, Harray; page 8 plan, two sections and an elevation of the stair, Oxtro broch, Birsay; page 9 sketch of penannular brooch from Oxtro (NMS GD 82); page 10 plan of broch of Howe of Langskaill, Tob, St Andrews; page 11 view of Broch of Mousa with figure, ground and upper floor plans; page 11 reverse, sketch of Mousa with entrance and rough wall section; page 12 rough plan and sections of Quoyness chambered cairn; page 12 reverse, two maceheads in Stromness Museum; page 13 reverse untitled stone artefacts; page 14 untitled bronze dagger; page 15 two stone artefacts and bone pin from Quoyness.

Medium ink, pencil & wash

Accession Number 1975/12

External Reference SAS 487

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/collection/1210967

Collection Hierarchy - Batch Level

Collection Level (551 249) Records of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland

> Group Level (551 249/2) George Petrie

>> Sub-Group Level (551 249/2/3) SAS 487 Sketchbooks, letters and notebooks.

>>> Batch Level (MS 28/487/7) Sketchbook no 5 on Orkney & Shetland.

Preview Category Catalogue Number Title Date Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 228027 Drawings of maceheads from Quoyness chambered cairn, Sanday, in Stromness Museum. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 228028 Drawing showing stone artefacts from an unidentified location. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231764 Drawing showing plan of East Broch of Burray. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231765 Drawing showing plan of West Broch of Burray. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231766 Drawing showing plan of Hillock of Burroughston broch, Shapinsay. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231767 Drawing showing plan and section through Hillock of Burroughston broch, Shapinsay and fragment of a skull found at Broch of Lingro. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231768 Drawing showing plan and details of Manse of Harray broch, Netlater. 7/1862 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231769 Sketch showing plan of East Broch of Burray, Orkney. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231770 Drawing showing plan of Burrian broch, Russland. c. 1866 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231771 Drawig showing plan and sections of Oxtro broch. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231772 Sketch of pennanular brooch from Oxtro broch. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231773 Drawing showing plan of broch at Howe of Langskaill. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231774 Watercolour drawing showing perspective view of Broch of Mousa. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231775 Sketch showing section of Broch of Mousa. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231776 Sketch showing plan and section of Quoyness chambered cairn, Sanday. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231777 Drawing showing bronze dagger from an unidentified location. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 231778 Drawing showing artefacts from Quoyness chambered cairn, Sanday. c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 284627 Front cover of George Petrie's sketchbook no. 5 c. 1870 Item Level
On-line Digital Images On-line Digital Images DP 284628 Back cover of George Petrie's sketchbook no. 5 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 63646 Drawing showing plan of East Broch of Burray. c. 1870 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 63647 Drawing showing plan of West Broch of Burray. c. 1870 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 63648 Drawing showing plan of Hillock of Burroughston broch, Shapinsay. c. 1870 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 63649 Drawing showing plan and section through Hillock of Burroughston broch, Shapinsay and fragment of a skull found at Broch of Lingro. c. 1870 Item Level
Prints and Drawings DC 63650 Drawing showing plan and details of Manse of Harray broch, Netlater. 7/1862 Item Level

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