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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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3442
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
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.
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)
