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Rousay, Mansemass Hill
Farmstead (19th Century), School (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Site Name Rousay, Mansemass Hill
Classification Farmstead (19th Century), School (Post Medieval), Sheepfold (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 307301
Site Number HY33SE 90
NGR HY 3752 3136
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/307301
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Rousay And Egilsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY33SE 90 3752 3136
This farmstead comprises the remains of a building and three enclosures recorded on oblique aerial photographs (RCAHMSAP 2009). Two roofed buildings and three enclosures are shown on the 1st edition of the OS 6-inch map (Orkney 1882, lxxxiv).
Information from RCAHMS (LMcC) 4 November 2010
Field Visit (13 May 2015)
This farmstead comprises two buildings, - a range set parallel to but detached from the NW side of a roughly square yard or enclosure and a second, much smaller, structure adjoining the yard at the NW end of its SW side. The range, which is constructed of lime-mortared stone and orientated across the slope, measures 18m from NE to SW by 4.5m transversely over walls averaging 0.7m in thickness and surviving up to 2.2m in height. It contains two large compartments, each fitted with a fireplace and a press-cupboard, but there were also originally outshots, of which little is now visible, at both the NE and SW ends of the range, The buildings are depicted roofed on both the 1st and 2nd editions of the 25-inch map (Orkney, Sheet LXXXIV.16, 1882; 1902); the farmstead is also shown on the 3rd edition of the OS 1-inch to a mile map of Scotland (1912, Sheet 119, Kirkwall).
Visited by RCAHMS (GFG) 13 May 2015
Note (7 November 2016)
A building with an attached enclosure is annotated as 'Old School House' on a location plan drawn in 1936.
Information from HES Survey and Recording (AK) 7 November 2016
