Rousay, 'stye Of Stanyiron'
Shieling (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Rousay, 'stye Of Stanyiron'
Classification Shieling (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Canmore ID 2661
Site Number HY42NW 44
NGR HY 4078 2960
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2661
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Rousay And Egilsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY42NW 44 4078 2960.
A small circular ruin, merely a pile of stones. This was formerly a place where pigs were sent to the hill in summer.
Name Book 1880.
An amorphous, collapsed turf-covered stony structure about 7.0m in diameter.
Visited by OS 8 October 1972.