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Date 11 May 2015 - 15 May 2016
Event ID 1001106
Category Project
Type Project
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1001106
During 11–15 May 2015 RCAHMS undertook archaeological fieldwork within an area measuring approximately 200 hectares in extent at Quandale, on the island of Rousay, Orkney. The project was developed in partnership with Dr Keir Strickland and Daniel Lee (ORCA, UHI Archaeology Institute), who undertook an excavation at Breck (HY33SE 54) during the same period. The aims and objectives of the project were outlined in a partnership agreement between RCAHMS and ORCA, UHI Institute, Orkney College, in April 2015 (RCAHMS Project 1268). Previous visits had been made to the area in May 2013, when an RCAHMS staff member visited Tafts (HY33SE 44) with colleagues from Historic Scotland and Orkney Council, and in August 2014, after poor weather constrained a trip to the island of Swona.
The 2015 trip saw measured survey undertaken at seven farmsteads: North House, Hestivall, Breek, Lower Breek, Cairn, Starling and Knapknowes. Plans of Tafts and of Breck had been created in 2014. All nine of these drawings were subsequently reproduced in Adobe Illustrator and both the original drawings and the digital versions have been catalogued. In addition, a site description was prepared for each, and added to Canmore.
A further 67 individual sites were visited and noted, many of which had been previously noted by Daniel Lee (2008). All 77 site records have been updated in Canmore to reflect an accurate position and a site-area polygon has been created for each. More than 120 digital photographs have been added to the collection. The survey was undertaken by RCAHMS archaeologists John Sherriff and George Geddes, with surveyor Alison McCaig and PhD student Kimberley Noble.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (GFG) 6 September 2018.

Event | Type | Subtype | Notes | Date |
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1001132 | RECORDING | FIELD VISIT | This disused sandstone quarry, which is situated on the crest of the summit towards the south end of the Brae of Moan, was probably opened to provide stone for the march wall that stands immediately to the NE. It measures a maximum of about 26m from NW to SE by 6m transversely and over 2m in depth on the NE. Upcast has been deposited on the slope below the quarry. [...] | 14 May 2015 |
1001134 | RECORDING | FIELD VISIT | This shallow disused quarry, which is situated in rough pasture some 35m SE of Tafts farmsteading (HY33SE 44), measures about 2m square and there is upcast on the NNW side. [...] | 13 May 2015 |
1001304 | RECORDING | FIELD VISIT | This building stands in rough pasture 230m SW of the ruins of North House farmsteading (HY33SE 49) and may be contemporary with another building (HY33SE 119) just 11m to the west. Rectangular on plan, it measures 11m from E to W by 5.3m transversely over walls reduced to heather-grown banks 1m in maximum thickness and 0.4m in height. [...] | 14 May 2015 |

SC 1478075
RCAHMS survey drawing, Knapknowes farmstead, Rousay.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
13/5/2015
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SC 1478082
RCAHMS survey drawing. 1:200 plan of Lower Breek farmstead, Rousay.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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SC 1478084
RCAHMS survey drawings, Rousay. 1:250 plan of Starling farmstead; 1:200 plan of North House farmstead and 1:250 plan of Cairn farmstead.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
14/5/2015
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SC 1478086
RCAHMS survey drawings, Rousay. 1:200 plan of Hestivall farmstead and 1:200 plan of Breck farmstead.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/5/2015
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DP 214260
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214261
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214262
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214263
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214264
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214265
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214266
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 214267
Cist, Rousay, North House.
General Collection
14/5/2015
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DP 222362
View of the bedbeuk at Munzie , looking north east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222363
View of the fireplace at Munzie, looking west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222364
View of Munzie farmsteading, looking south west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222365
View of the ruined farmstead, looking west.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222366
View of the ruined farmstead, looking east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222367
View of the ruined farmstead, looking east.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222368
View of the ruined farmstead, looking north.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222369
View of ruined farmstead at Stouramira, looking north.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222370
View of ruined farmstead at Stouramira, looking north.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222371
View of ruined farmstead at Stouramira, looking SE
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222372
View of J R Sherriff recording the boundary stones , looking NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222373
View of the boundary stones , looking N.
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DP 222374
View of the building, looking E.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222375
View of NE range at Upper Quandale , looking N.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222376
Detail of possible kiln at Upper Quandale, looking E.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222377
View of SW range at Upper Quandale , looking W.
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5/2015
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DP 222378
View of aumbry in the NE wall of the main range, looking NE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222379
View of the main range showing the byre drain, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222380
View of the footings of a range parallel to the main range, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222381
View of the main range, looking N.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222382
View of the main range, looking NNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222383
View of the dykes showing earlier features looking NW
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222384
View of the remains of a building incorporated with the dykes, looking N . looking
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222385
View of the drystone dykes, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222386
View of the shelf surviving in the NW wall of the main range, looking NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222387
View of the main range, looking SW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222388
View of the SW end of the main range emerging from under the later enclosure, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222389
View of the kiln barn at the north of the site, looking N.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222390
View of the kiln barn at the north of the site, looking NE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222391
General view looking NNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222392
General view looking N.
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5/2015
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DP 222393
General view looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222394
General view looking SW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222395
General view looking SSE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222396
Detail of entrance and possible baffle, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222397
View of the west wall, looking S.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222398
View of Starling, looking NNW, with possible kiln in the foreground.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222399
View of what may be the remains of a kiln, looking E.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222400
View of what may be the remains of a kiln, looking SSE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222401
View of the main building, looking NNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222402
View of the W wall of the main range , looking NNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222403
View of Starling farmstead, looking NNW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222404
Detail of the WSW wall at Starling farmstead.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222405
View of the S end of the farmstead, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222406
View of possible kiln at SSE end, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222407
View of ENE wall and enclusre, looking E.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222408
View of Starling farmstead, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222409
Detail of WSW wall at entrance, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222410
View of Starling farmstead, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222411
View of Starling farmstead, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222412
View of Starling farmstead, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222413
View of farmstead and enclosure, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222414
View of earlier and later phases of the farmyard, looking ENE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222415
View of Starling farmstead, looking NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222416
View of Starling farmstead, looking NW.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222417
Detail of walling.
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5/2015
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DP 222418
View of Dale farmstead, looking E.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222419
View of Dale farmstead, looking SSE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222420
View of Dale farmstead, looking SSE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222421
View of the ENE range, looking SSE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222422
View of byre and byre drain, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222423
View of the SSE room, looking SSE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222424
View of Dale farmstead, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222425
View of Dale farmstead, looking N.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222426
View of NW corner of the farmstead, looking N.
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5/2015
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DP 222427
View of the doorway in the SE range, looking W.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222428
View of Cairn farmsteading, looking NE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222429
View through the doorway of the dwelling towards the outhouse, looking SE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222430
View of doorway, looking NE.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222431
View of the NE end of the dwelling, looking E.
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5/2015
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DP 222432
Detailed view of wooden tethering peg.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2015
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DP 222513
Rousay, Breek. Outhouse.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/5/2015
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DP 222514
Rousay, Breek. General view.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/5/2015
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DP 222515
Rousay, Breek. View looking along the kiln-barn, with the kiln-barn in the foreground.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/5/2015
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DP 222516
Rousay, Breek. View looking along the dwelling.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/5/2015
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DP 222517
Rousay, Breek. General view.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/5/2015
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DP 222518
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222519
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222520
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222521
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222522
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222523
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222524
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222525
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222526
Rousay, Breek.
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12/5/2015
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DP 222527
Rousay, Breek.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/5/2015
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DP 222528
Rousay, Breek.
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12/5/2015
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DP 222529
Rousay, Breek.
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12/5/2015
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