Sauna, Brough of Birsay, Mainland, Orkney, Scotland
Steam room or sauna, with pebbles which were heated and wetted to produce steam, with stone benches and turf insulation, probably belonging to a large house, in the Norse settlement, c. 9th century, on the Brough of Birsay, a small uninhabited tidal island off Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The Norse village was built over a Pictish settlement and consists of houses, longhouses, saunas and a 12th century Romanesque church. The island was inhabited from 6th century by early christians, then Picts, then the Norse. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14149859
Media ID
46161548
Size
8268px x 6116px
(19.8MB)
Credit
Photographer
Source
Manuel Cohen
Date
2025
