View of byre at N side of courtyard from SW. Digital image if D 23613 CN

Description View of byre at N side of courtyard from SW. Digital image if D 23613 CN

Date 4/6/1997

Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

Catalogue Number SC 738991

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of D 23613 CN

Scope and Content Byre at north side of courtyard, Warsetter Farm, Sanday, Orkney Islands, from south-west Warsetter is a well-preserved example of a characteristic 19th-century Orcadian steading because, until abandoned in the late 1980s, it was particularly well-maintained. At an altitude of 60m above sea level, Warsetter is on the highest point of Sanday, one of the largest of the Orkney Islands. This shows one of several byres forming part of the main rectangular steading complex. Beyond the gate on the right is the old turnip house and to the left of the byre was the stable. Orkney's short summer season and long winters meant that cattle had to be housed in yards and byres for many months of the year. In the 16th century, the Sinclair family added to Warsetter by the acquisition of neighbouring land. Part of Lord Balfour's estate in the 19th century, it was tenanted by three generations of the McKay family, the last of whom enclosed much of the farm with stone dykes and built a new house and steading. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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