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Picture Number10128
Courtesy OfBrandyman
Year2008
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22 March 2008.

willow burn culvert
Added by Gruff on 24 March 2008.
Culvert of the Papdale Burn somewhere between the Willows and the Pee*ie Sea?
Added by Paul Sutherland on 24 March 2008.
Is it doon the kirkwall pier where openings for loading cattle used to be
Added by G.Hill on 24 March 2008.
Yes, Willow Burn culvert. Paul, have you ever been in the culvert? This picture was taken near the Albert Hotel where the culvert turns to go down the front of the hotel.
Added by Brandy Man on 27 March 2008.
No, I've not been in it, but I saw a photo of it years ago. You don't have a picture of it at the Bridge do you? I was told recently that the last time the street was dug up there you could see a flight of steps that folk used for getting down to wash clothes in the burn.
Added by Paul Sutherland on 28 March 2008.
Paul, the only place that I ever mind steps was at the foot of the entrance to the road up to old tattie crisp factory [North Ronaldsay Square, off of Queen Street]. I have photos o' the steps somewhere in my collection- when I find them I'll submit them. There is a manhole access at the steps. When I worked with the Kirkwall town council at least once a year the burn culvert was checked, and with OIC at regular periods. I took many pictures.
Added by BRANDY MAN on 08 April 2008.
I'm not sure if the steps I heard about were in the culvert or outside of it and therefore only visible when the street was dug up. There must be an awful lot of Kirkwall's past hidden just below the surface, but archaeological sites in the countryside seem to get all the attention. I suppose when roadworks or digging foundations etc reveal anything, the pressure is to cover it up quickly before it holds up the project.
Added by Paul Sutherland on 16 April 2008.
Beneath the Watergate?
Added by David Dawson on 17 April 2008.

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