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Orphir
Salt Works (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name Orphir
Classification Salt Works (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 2353
Site Number HY40NW 14
NGR HY 4129 0653
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2353
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Orphir
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY40NW 14 4129 0653
These are the denuded remains of what may be a salt pan on the foreshore near East Langapool. There is a 7.0m line of rubble wall with two 1.5m convergent walls at the N end forming a 'V'. The structure appears to have been about 2.0m in width. The sketch plan in NMRS MS/500/2/4 also has a note suggesting that it may have been a boat stance (Graham Douglas, April 1982). Correspondence from Chris Whateley at Dundee University (26th April 1982) also suggests that it was not a salt pan, due to the lack of roof evidence and its size. The site is named (as Salt Pan) on the 1st edition of the Ordnance Survey 25-inch map (Orkney, 1881, sheet CVIII.13)
See NMRS MS/500/2/4
