3726 x 2602 px | 31,5 x 22 cm | 12,4 x 8,7 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
15. Juli 1987
Ort:
Holland Farm, Papa Westray, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK
Weitere Informationen:
The roof beams of the Holland Farm Horse engine house (horse mill tramp), Papa Westray, Orkney. A round building that housed a horse powered geared mechanism that drove the threshing machinery in the adjacent barn. The circular shape allowed the horse to walk in a circle. When photographed the building was being used for storage and the gearing support had been removed revealing the roof truss and tie beams. Disused when photo taken in July 1987, now forms part of the Holland Farm Museum. Part of the Traill family estate farm, an extensive, mid 19th century, well organised complex with farmyard and buildings inc. horse-engine house with a conical flagstone roof, threshing house (with horse-gang powered threshing machines), corn-drying kiln, silage clamp, post mill base, and flagstone stile. Holland (houlland) means high land from the Old Norse hó land: given to the principal farm set on the highest part of the agricultural land.
