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Sanday, Warsetter Dovecot

Dovecot (17th Century) - (19th Century)

Site Name Sanday, Warsetter Dovecot

Classification Dovecot (17th Century) - (19th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Sanday, Cross, Warsetter Farm, Doocot

Canmore ID 3442

Site Number HY63NW 35

NGR HY 63030 37717

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Cross And Burness
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY63NW 35 63029 37716

For Warsetter Farmhouse (HY 6288 3775) and associated buildings, see HY63NW 44.00.

A 19th century dovecot, still intact. An armorial stone of the Sinclairs, dated 1613 is inside. The dovecot is built on the remains of a mound of uncertain purpose, which Mr Mackay, headmaster of Sanday school believes to have been a Norse beacon stance, but it is in a good position for a cairn.

Visited by OS, 8 July 1970.

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Field Visit (September 1979)

Stone-built dovecote with stone-slab roof, one side gabled, the other hipped. Mound under it as described.

Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Sep 79

Note (1980)

Warsetter, Sanday HY 6301 3771 HY63NW(M)

Nineteenth-century dovecote in good condition.

RCAHMS 1980

(OR 353)

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