Volume contents
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- 149 - Kirkwall and St Ola , index
Continued entries/extra info
Site of King's castle (continued)
"in this condition it remained until 1742, when leave was given by the Earl of Morton to the Town Council of Kirkwall to use the stones for building a town house and jail.Afterwards as it stood in the way of some local improvements it was entirely removed, and now the following inscription on the front of the castle Hotel is all that marks the site of this once lordly castle."
"Near this spot facing Broad Street, stood in the year 1865 the last remaining fragment of the ruins of
The Castle of Kirkwall
A royal feature of great antiquity, and originally of vast strength, but of which, from the ravages of war & time nearly every vestige had long previously disappeared. Its remains consisting of a wall 55 feet long by 11 feet thick and of irregular height, were removed by permission of the Earl of Zetland, on application of the Trustees acting in execution of the Kirkwall Harbour act 1859. in order to improve the access to the Harbour, and this stone was erected to mark its site MDCCCLXVI."
Ordnance Survey - Orkney county, OS Name Books - Orkney county - Volume 12 - Parish of Kirkwall and St Ola, OS1/23/12
This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of Kirkwall and St Ola.
Ordnance Survey - Orkney county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Orkney, which is in the north of Scotland.