Distant view of early 19th century heather thatched bothy; Burnmouth House Hoy, Rackwick.
DP 240746
Description Distant view of early 19th century heather thatched bothy; Burnmouth House Hoy, Rackwick.
Date 14/7/2015
Collection Records of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, London, England
Catalogue Number DP 240746
Category On-line Digital Images
Scope and Content Early 19th century single storey bothy with adjoining lower projection to north east gable. The bothy has a heather thatched roof, with a continuous heather ridge. The thatch is netted and weighted with stones along the ridge, in a row along the centre of the thatch and secured to the eaves. There is a small amount of mossy vegetation growth across the surface of the thatch. Both the main building and the NE projection, which has a flagstone roof, are open publicly as a bothy. The notes of the listing description read ‘this long, low building displays two important and traditional roofing types peculiar to Orkney. The main block is heather thatched; the roof of the lower projection comprises large flagstones overlaying a timber frame. Reinstated by the Hoy Trust as a bothy for visitors’.
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