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Sanday
Spindle Whorl(S)
Site Name Sanday
Classification Spindle Whorl(S)
Canmore ID 3545
Site Number HY64SE 50
NGR HY 6 4
NGR Description Unlocated
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3545
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Cross And Burness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Note (1980)
Sanday
Three whorls from different parts of Sanday, now in the National Museum of
Antiquities of Scotland (NMAS, three of BE 33-7).
RCAHMS 1980
(PSAS, v, 1862-4, 15; OR 402)
Orkney Smr Note
Among objects bought at the Kirkwall Museum sale donated to
the National Museum of Antiquities were three stone whorls found
in different parts of Sanday, 1823-6. These presumably came
from the collection of Dr Wood. [R1]
BE33-7 whorls of stone and one of Lead, from Orkney, Col
Balfour, 1863. [R2]
Information from Orkney SMR [n.d.]
