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Hoy, Outer Haven
Boathouse (Period Unassigned), Landing Stage (20th Century), Naust (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Hoy, Outer Haven
Classification Boathouse (Period Unassigned), Landing Stage (20th Century), Naust (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 138757
Site Number ND28NE 18
NGR ND 29108 88636
Datum WGS84 - Lat/Long
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/138757
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Maritime - Orkney
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Maritime
- Former County Not Applicable
ND28NE 18 291 886
ND 291 886 Noost and boatshed, ruinous, post-medieval.
Sponsors: Historic Scoland, Orkney Archaeological Trust.
G Wilson and H Moore 1997
Field Visit (August 1997)
A shed, now ruinous, is built into a cleft at the base of the banks. It measures 7m long by 3.5m wide and stands to 2m high. The remains of a corrugated iron roof lie strewn about the foreshore. A boat noost with winding gear lies to the immediate SE.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
Reference (March 2012)
Sitename : Sallwick
Altname : Aith Hope, Brims Ness, Orkney
Note : A pier is marked is marked on the Admiralty Chart 251 (1909 and 1923) at Sallwick on the south west side of Aith Hope at co-ordinates NGR 329108E 988636N. The 1909 chart marks 'Lifeboat and Rocket Apparatus' at this location. The 1923 chart marks the lifeboat at the south west end of the stone causeway between South Walls and Hoy
Sources :
UKHO,Chart 2581: Scapa Flow and Approaches (Southern Sheet),UKHO,1909
UKHO,Chart 2581: Scapa Flow and Approaches (Southern Sheet),UKHO,1923
