Sanday, Mires Steading
Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Sanday, Mires Steading
Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Mires Steading
Canmore ID 112832
Site Number HY63NW 48
NGR HY 63256 39521
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/112832
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY63NW 48 63256 39521.
This farmstead has an L-shaped plan. In the SW range there is a byre, a barn and a shed and there are two single-storeyed houses (one with a bed outshot) in the SE range. A dam and a sluice for a water wheel lie to the SE. The buildings were derelict when visited.
Information from RCAHMS (SS) 19 January 2006.
