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Burray, Warehouse
Grain Warehouse (17th Century)
Site Name Burray, Warehouse
Classification Grain Warehouse (17th Century)
Canmore ID 153235
Site Number ND49NE 29
NGR ND 4707 9556
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish South Ronaldsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
ND49NE 29 4707 9556
Not to be confused with ND49NE 14.
(Location cited as ND 470 955). Burray, storehouse, built 1645. A two-storey and attic harled rubble building with an external stone stair.
J R Hume 1977.
2 storeys and loft. Harled. Caithness slates. S.W. skew-putt has date. Forestair to entrance at 2nd storey.
Probably built as girnell-house for Burray estate. (Historic Scotland)
Field Visit (August 1997)
This village grew up in the 19th C as the premier centre of the herring industry in Burray. Its prosperity dwindled after WWI when the blockship barrier across Water Sound cut off direct access to the North Sea.
(i) (ND49NE 29) Storehouse, Westshore: Listed grade 'B' A two-storied building with a loft, probably built as a girnell-house (meal store) for Burray Estate, is dated on the skew-putt to 1645. It has a harled exterior and a roof of Caithness flags. There is a forestair to an entrance on the second story.
(ii) (ND49NE 13) Burray Pier, wide sandstone pier, still in use.
(iii) (ND49NE 14) Warehouse, a two-storied former herring store, packing and curing house (now renovated as Sands Motel), dates to 1860. It is built from variegated local stone with sandstone dressings.
Moore and Wilson, 1997
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
