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Holland Farm is a historic estate and farm complex located south of Mickelgarth village on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland. The present house was built between the years 1810 to 1814 by the Traill family of Holland. The Traill family owned the island of Papa Westray from the 17th century to the end of the 19th century. [1]
Remains of Quoygrew Norse settlement. Quoygrew, Westray is the site of a medieval Norse settlement on the island of Westray in Orkney, Scotland.Established as a small farmstead most likely between 900 and 1000 AD, and later expanded in 1200, Quoygrew includes the remains of medieval and post-medieval buildings that range in date from the 10th to the 16th centuries.
Malcom and Jackie Sinclair are selling their two farms on Sanday, one of which has been in the family for seven generations. Sale of £4.2m farms marks end of an era on Orkney island Skip to main ...
Upload another image Papa Westray War Memorial 59°20′56″N 2°54′00″W / 59.348973°N 2.900009°W / 59.348973; -2.900009 (Papa Westray War Memorial) Category C(S) 48101 Upload another image Holland House, Including Adjoining Boundary Walls To East And South- West 59°20′50″N 2°54′00″W / 59.347115°N 2.899872°W / 59.347115; -2.899872 (Holland ...
The Knap of Howar (/ ˌ n æ p ˌ ɒ v ˈ h aʊ ə r /) on the island of Papa Westray in Orkney, Scotland is a Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. [1] Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied from 3700 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae on the ...
The Balfour estate sold its farms on Shapinsay between 1924 and 1928. This was a common occurrence in Orkney at the time as wealthy landowners moved to more lucrative forms of investment. Farms were generally sold to the sitting tenant or to their neighbours who wished to expand. [37] During the Second World War, gun batteries were built on the ...
Westray (/ ˈ w ɛ s t r iː /, Scots: Westree) is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, with a usual resident population of just under 600 people. Its main village is Pierowall , with a heritage centre , the 15th-century Lady Kirk church and pedestrian ferry service to nearby Papa Westray island.
The Neolithic Barnhouse Settlement is sited by the shore of Loch of Harray, Orkney Mainland, Scotland, not far from the Standing Stones of Stenness, about 5 miles north-east of Stromness. [2] It was discovered in 1984 by Colin Richards.