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Sanday, Rusness, Sunibrae Steading And Wind Engine

Engine (Post Medieval), Windmill (Post Medieval)

Site Name Sanday, Rusness, Sunibrae Steading And Wind Engine

Classification Engine (Post Medieval), Windmill (Post Medieval)

Alternative Name(s) Sunibrae Steading And Wind Engine; Rusness

Canmore ID 3620

Site Number HY74SW 24

NGR HY 73622 44480

NGR Description Centred HY 73622 44480

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3620

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Orkney Islands
  • Parish Lady
  • Former Region Orkney Islands Area
  • Former District Orkney
  • Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

HY74SW 24 73622 44480.

This site is of principal interest for the remains (the best-preserved on Sanday) of a wind-engine-driven threshing machine. Now disused and ruinous.

RCAHMS and NMS, 1998b.

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