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View of threshing barn from ESE
D 23624 CN
Description View of threshing barn from ESE
Date 4/6/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number D 23624 CN
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 739007
Scope and Content Threshing barn, Warsetter Farm, Sanday, Orkney Islands, from east-south-east Warsetter is on Sanday, one of the largest of the Orkney Islands. Sanday is low-lying and almost treeless with fertile soils and a temperate climate. Warsetter, located on the highest point of the island, is a well-preserved example of a 19th-century Orcadian steading. This shows the two-storeyed, stone threshing barn which held the threshing machine, straw barn, sheave loft, grain dresser and grain bruiser. The original open walk horse engine was on the north side of the building but no trace now exists. The threshing barn is part of the main steading complex. Sheaves were brought to the threshing barn where straw and grains were separated. The straw went to the straw barn while the grain was dressed and bruised ready for use. Grain was bruised to make it more digestible for cattle if it was to be used for feed. Dressing removed thin grain, weed seeds and chaff. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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