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Kirkwall, 21 St Catherine's Place
House (19th Century)
Site Name Kirkwall, 21 St Catherine's Place
Classification House (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Groattie House
Canmore ID 2471
Site Number HY41SE 46
NGR HY 45166 11192
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2471
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Kirkwall And St Ola
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY41SE 46 45166 11192
HY 4511 1119 Orkney Archaeological Trust were contracted to examine the footprint of the Groattie House (built in 1730 as a summerhouse) once it had been removed from its original site in the yard behind Tod's Bakery, off Bridge Street in Kirkwall. A watching brief was then conducted at Tankerness House Museum Gardens, off Broad Street, Kirkwall, HY 4480 1089, during the excavation of the foundation trench prior to the reconstruction of the house here.
No features of great archaeological importance were disturbed or destroyed. The work at the Tod's Bakery site was commendably shallow, whilst that at Tankerness Gardens did not go deeper than post-mediaeval land reclaimation deposits.
Information from P Sharman, January 2005.
