Sanday, 'laminess'
Implement(S) (Bone)(Prehistoric), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone)(Prehistoric)
Site Name Sanday, 'laminess'
Classification Implement(S) (Bone)(Prehistoric), Lithic Implement(S) (Stone)(Prehistoric)
Alternative Name(s) Lambaness
Canmore ID 3438
Site Number HY63NW 31
NGR HY 610 355
NGR Description HY c. 610 355
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3438
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Note (1980)
'Laminess' = Lambaness, Sanday HY c. 610 355 HY63NW
Stone, steatite and bone objects found in this area by members of the Sinclair family.
RCAHMS 1980
(Old Kirkwall Museum, loans register L 3-7, 18, 43-5; OR 446)
Orkney Smr Note
Old accession register at Tankerness House lists the
following objects as loans:-
L3-7 Stone sinker found on beach near Laminess; stone pounder,
fragments of steatite urns, and 2 whetstones, found on the lands
of Laminess; lent by Mr W Sinclair, Laminess.
L18 Bone whorl from Laminess lent by D Sinclair, Laminess.
L43-5 Stone sinker, steatite sinker, rude sandstone implement,
all from Laminess, lent by Mr D Sinclair, postman, Laminess.
(The Sinclairs lived around the southern Laminess, so it is
clear that the northern Lamaness is not meant). [R1]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
