Cava, North House

Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Trench (20th Century)

Site Name Cava, North House

Classification Farmstead (Period Unassigned), Trench (20th Century)

Alternative Name(s) Military Installations

Canmore ID 81834

Site Number ND39NW 104

NGR ND 3236 9967

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/81834

Digital Images

SC 1894244

Survey photograph : site 27d - view taken from north-west of outbuilding of drystone construction.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894248

Survey photograph : site 27d - east end of outbuilding showing window.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894239

Survey photograph : site 27b - inside of Room II of earlier domestic/byre unit, with doorway and fireplace.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894241

Survey photograph : site 27b - outside of Room I of earlier domestic/byre unit, showing double entrance.

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University of Bradford

1983

DP 053375

Oblique aerial view centred on the farmstead, taken from the WSW.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

SC 1894163

Survey photograph : View looking south-east, towards site 27, 'North House'.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894234

Survey photograph : site 27c - north-west side elevation of agricultural unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 2563348

Cava, Field Survey, ND39NW 4, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

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Records of the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, England

1958

SC 1894237

Survey photograph : site 27c - end of front elevation of agricultural unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894240

Survey photograph : site 27b - south-west inner wall of Room II of earlier domestic/byre unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894243

Survey photograph : site 27b - northern half of Room I of earlier domestic/byre unit, showing partition, and raised flags in corner.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1917805

Map showing the principal locations in Annandale and Eskdale exploited for sandstone, limestone and coal during the 18th and 19th centuries. Published in Eastern Dumfriesshire: an archaeological landscape.

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Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu

1996

SC 1894231

Survey photograph : site 27 - view of farmstead comprising four structures of domestic/agricultural use.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894235

Survey photograph : site 27c - part of front elevation of agricultural unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894245

Survey photograph : site 27d - right hand side of entrance to outbuilding of drystone construction.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894247

Survey photograph : site 27d - east end of outbuilding showing window.

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University of Bradford

1983

DP 053372

Oblique aerial view centred on the farmstead with a second farmstead adjacent, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

SC 1894232

Survey photograph : site 27a - latest domestic structure with single room and chimney at each end.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894236

Survey photograph : site 27c - part of front elevation of agricultural unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894242

Survey photograph : site 27b - end of south-west outer wall of Room I of earlier domestic/byre unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894246

Survey photograph : site 27d - left hand side of entrance to outbuilding of drystone construction.

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University of Bradford

1983

DP 053371

Oblique aerial view centred on the farmstead with a second farmstead adjacent, taken from the NE.

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RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital

29/9/2008

SC 1894233

Survey photograph : site 27a - north-east side elevation of latest domestic structure.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894238

Survey photograph : site 27b - end elevation of earlier domestic/byre unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894249

Survey photograph : site 27b - double entrance to Room I of earlier domestic/byre unit.

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University of Bradford

1983

SC 1894251

Survey photograph : site 27 - farmstead comprising four structures.

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University of Bradford

1983

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Administrative Areas

Council Orkney Islands
Parish Orphir
Former Region Orkney Islands Area
Former District Orkney
Former County Orkney

Archaeology Notes

ND39NW 104 3236 9967

North House comprises four structures:

Structure (a) Latest domestic unit with single room and chimney at each end. No partitioning surviving. Rendered stone construction.

Structure (b) Earlier domestic/byre unit in L-shaped form. Domestic area. Room II (later altered to threshing room), byre/storage area Room I with stalling. Structural analysis is difficult although it seems probable that Room II (domestic) originally extended to west before addition of the south ened of Room I. Drystone construction throughout. Some rendering.

Structure (c) Agricultural unit. Probably related to original domestic area of structure b (Room II). Drystone construction with turf roof.

Structure (d) Outbuilding, originally with wider entrance. Drystone construction. Single eaves roof. Associated features:

(e) L-shaped dugout c 5 x 5m banked to face sea c 5m south of structure (a). Walling formed from upcast with maximum width c 1m and maximum surviving depth c 1m. Military.

(f) Hexagonal mark in vegetation c 35m south-east of (a) with each side 3 - 4m long and c 0.5m wide. Diameter c 9m. Some undulations towards centre. Military.

J R Hunter 1984

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