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Latitude: 59.2244 / 59°13'27"N
Longitude: -2.6494 / 2°38'58"W
OS Eastings: 363029
OS Northings: 1037716
OS Grid: HY630377
Mapcode National: GBR M4TB.WHG
Mapcode Global: XH8KZ.TDFR
Plus Code: 9CFV69F2+Q6
Entry Name: Warsetter Dovecot, Sanday
Listing Name: Sanday, Cross, Warsetter Farm, Doocot
Listing Date: 8 December 1971
Category: B
Source: Historic Scotland
Source ID: 337410
Historic Scotland Designation Reference: LB5906
Building Class: Cultural
ID on this website: 200337410
Location: Cross and Burness
County: Orkney Islands
Electoral Ward: North Isles
Parish: Cross And Burness
Traditional County: Orkney
Tagged with: Dovecote
17th century. Square-plan harl-pointed rubble doocot with gabled N elevation and piended roof to S; date '1613' (see Notes) inset over pyramidally-arranged nest holes to N gable with landing ledge below; weather vane on cast-iron support to gablehead; boarded door to W elevation; rooflight and paired ventilation holes to S; traditional graded stone tiled roof. Interior: not seen, 1998.
This 17th century doocot stands on Sanday's highest hill, to the east of Warsetter Farm. Burgher notes how the dated stone inset into the north gable may originate from another building, possibly the nearby Sinclair House, (Warsetter Farm House).
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