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View of farm-house from NE. Digital image of D 23622
SC 739004
Description View of farm-house from NE. Digital image of D 23622
Date 4/6/1997
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 739004
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of D 23622
Scope and Content Warsetter Farmhouse, Sanday, Orkney Islands, from north-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 favourable for the island's agricultural economy. Warsetter was a mixed arable farm with cattle and sheep. This shows the back of the 19th-century farmhouse. The extension out of the back of the house contains a coal house, milk room and kitchen with servants' room above. The ground floor is stone-flagged. Behind the house is a large concrete tank used to collect rainwater off the roof for use in the house. At an altitude of some 60m above sea level, Warsetter was on the highest point of Sanday. A petrol-driven water pump and hand pump were used to pump water up to a header tank beyond the steading from which it was gravity fed to the house, steadings and field troughs as necessary. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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