Industrial Heritage ORCA

Surveying Shapinsay’s industrial heritage

The survey report on the Balfour Village gasometer, carried out as part of ORCA's North Isles industrial heritage project.
The Balfour Village gasometer. (📷 ORCA)
The Balfour Village gasometer. (📷 ORCA)

ORCA’s Dan Lee and Sean Bell have been out in Orkney’s North Isles carrying out site surveys as part of the From Peat Spade to Tangle Trade industrial heritage project.

The latest of these, detailing the Balfour Village gasometer and Cottbrae slaughterhouse in Shapinsay, are now available.


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