Field Visit
Date May 1996 - June 1996
Event ID 1007469
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/1007469
On a grassy south-west facing hillside overlooking the northern end of Duirinish are the degraded remains of a bow fronted stone structure. The remains sit on a terrace dug into the hill slope and measure 9.5m north to south by 3.5m at the ends and 4.5m in the centre, over walls with rounded corners 1.1m thick. An entrance 1.0m wide faces west and lies in the centre of the bowed west wall. The interior of the structure has been used as a rubbish tip. Partially overlying the northern end of the structure is a later rubble built bothy/pen measuring 3.0m by 2.5m over walls 0..7m thick. The entrance into this structure lies in the east end and is 1.0m wide. Dense bracken covers the site.
The only bow fronted house found during the survey. It's position on a hillside overlooking level cultivated land and the sea beyond is reminiscent of many 'Viking' period farms in Orkney.
(BAL96 104)
Information from NTS (SCS) January 2016
