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Summary of manuscript contents, Warsetter Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan with item list (1:1250, A4, ink, sheet 1 of 29) based on OS map; Annotated steading ground plan (with dimensions, c. 1:4 ...
MS 500/36/77
Description Summary of manuscript contents, Warsetter Steading Drawings: Itemised site plan with item list (1:1250, A4, ink, sheet 1 of 29) based on OS map; Annotated steading ground plan (with dimensions, c. 1:400, A4, pencil on film, sheet 3 of 29, see sheets 1, 16-27); Itemised steading elevations (isometric views from NE and SE, excluding the threshing barn, 1:250, A4, pencil on film, sheet 4 of 29, see sheet 1, 16-27); Itemised steading elevations (isometric views from SW, 1:250, A4, pencil on film, sheet 5 of 29, see sheet 1, 16-27); Itemised steading elevations (isometric views from SE, 1:250, A4, pencil on film, sheet 6 of 29, see sheet 1, 16-27); Itemised and annotated threshing-barn machinery/layout (isometric view frm SW with threshing-drum speed calculation notes, 1:100, A4, pencil, sheet 7 of 29, see sheets 1, item 12; 8 to 11); Itemised threshing-machine details (isomteric view from SW, 1:100 and details of main support beams under the threshing machine, 1:50, A4, pencil on film, sheet 12 of 29; see sheets 3, 7); Rubbing of building detail (date on concrete cill of the window of the blacksmith's shop, window in E wall, A4, green 'wax' crayon, sheet 27 of 29, see sheet 1, item 22); Annotated fanner details (elevation with fan speed calculations and descriptive notes of fanner in threshing barn, 1:20, A4, pencil, sheet 29 of 29, see sheet 7, item 15) Other material: General notes and site-plan description (13 sheets, handwritten, sheets 2, 28, 16-26); Decsription of threshing-barn and engine-room items (4 sheets handwritten, sheets 8-11); Description of threshing-machine items (3 sheets, handwritten, sheets 13-15); OS map extracts 25-inch map Orkney (1879 & 1901 sheet LXXXI.14), OS 1:2500 (1972), Orkney Archives D8/N10, map of 1819, no further details; 2 sheets of correspondence regarding survey; Correspondence dated 1916 regarding ?fanner, dated 1941 regarding transfer of tenancy; Valuation list dated 23 November 1915 (4 sheets); Audit of crops (turnips etc.)
Date 9/1985 to 1996
Collection Records of the Scottish Industrial Archaeology Survey at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Sco
Catalogue Number MS 500/36/77
Category Manuscripts
Copies SC 349392
Scope and Content Warsetter Steading, Sanday, Orkney The lands of Warsetter were owned by the senior branch of the Sinclair family during the 16th century. The steading appeared on Murdoch Mackenzie's 1750 map of Orkney. The machinery of this threshing barn probably dates from the early to mid-19th century, though it has been upgraded and improved a number of times. Most important of these has been the addition of an oil-powered motor instead of the horse-engine. Threshing machines were perfected by Andrew Meikle in 1786. Initially power largely came from waterwheels or horse teams but steam-driven engines became more common in the later 19th century and subsequently motor-powered machines in the 20th century. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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