Rousay, Essay Geo
Naust(S) (Norse)
Site Name Rousay, Essay Geo
Classification Naust(S) (Norse)
Canmore ID 2663
Site Number HY42NW 46
NGR HY 4453 2983
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2663
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Rousay And Egilsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Field Visit (September 1980)
Essay Geo HY 4453 2983 HY42NW
Erosion-truncated grass-covered naust; it survives to a length of 7m and a width of 4m, with a bluntly-pointed inner end; some 10m to the SW are two other, more recent, stone-built nausts on top of the banks.
RCAHMS 1982, visited September 1980
(OR 513)
