Sanday, Northskaill
Settlement (Period Unknown)
Site Name Sanday, Northskaill
Classification Settlement (Period Unknown)
Canmore ID 3537
Site Number HY64SE 43
NGR HY 6814 4447
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Northskaill farmsteading
Initially a linear range incorporating house, byre and barn, later extended to form U-plan, by addition of byre, turnip house and stable. Detached byre with appended pigsty.
In agricultural use and in good order.
Visited by RCAHMS (GJD) September 1996
NMRS MS/744/129/11
Note (1980)
Northskaill, Sanday HY 6814 4447 HY64SE
Farm on tell especially noticeable on W and N sides.
RCAHMS 1980
(OR 385)
