Scheduled Maintenance
Please be advised that this website will undergo scheduled maintenance on the following dates: •
Tuesday 3rd December 11:00-15:00
During these times, some services may be temporarily unavailable. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Flotta, Little Bow
Farmhouse (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Flotta, Little Bow
Classification Farmhouse (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 297778
Site Number ND39SE 66
NGR ND 37181 92758
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/297778
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Walls And Flotta
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND39SE 66 37181 92758
The remains of the farmhouse of Little Bow have been identified from oblique aerial views taken in 2008 (RCAHMSAP 2008), situated about 120m N of Housegeo farmstead/croft (ND39SE 42). Visible are the footings of a single building, the SE gable end standing higher than the remainder.
The farmhouse is depicted as roofed on the 1st Edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney, 1882 sheet cxix), and decribed in the Object Name Book of the Ordnance Survey (ONB) as 'A small farmhouse and outhouse situated on the east side of Kirk Bay and 1/4 of a mile south east of the parish Church (ND39SE 16). Proprietor The Earl of Zetland' (Name Book).
Information from RCAHMS (DE), February 2009
