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Field Visit
Date August 2013
Event ID 990550
Category Recording
Type Field Visit
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/990550
The Hubbet (ON Hop- harbour) is a naturally enclosed pool filling twice daily with the tides. A man-made channel approx 2m wide has been cut through the reef that enables the pool to drain more or less completely. Next to the channel on the N side is a small pile of ballast, including granite (not immediately local) rocks. A large (cut c. 8m by 4m) naust can be seen on the thin grassed peninsular on the W side of the pool, running approximately E-W. Iron rails lead from the pool to the naust, across the mud/gravel beach.
On the Head of Vady stands the derelict remains of a Warehouse. Local information has it that this is the harbour is where St Magnus' boats were taken ashore, and that he was murdered "aboot hands with Vardy", rather than at the top of the hill where the church lies. The Bay of Vardy itself is also said to be a beach frequently used for beaching boats.
Information from JG Orkney SMR
