Rope Flower
knotted and bound, 14" high
from the sea
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Found on the sea road at Stove, the knot, a form of Turks Head, has been crushed and flattened by vehicles driving over it.
Thursday, 22 October 2026
Heart Urchin
Heart urchin
echinocardium cordatum
or sea potato, the empty shell, 2" across
occasionally washed ashore at Stove during the Autumn gales
from the sea
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The live urchin is covered in greyish brown spines and burrows beneath the sand of the sea bed. It feeds on dead plants and animals.
Cast Iron Machine Part
Cast Iron Part
probably early C20th from an agricultural engine, !2" high
found jammed between rocks,
Sanday
with Fishing Float and plastic Sugar Bowl from child's tea-set.
Mermaids Purses
Mermaids Purses
disused cases of the skate, 6" long, made of keratin
frequently found washed ashore on Stove Bay along the tideline
Cork Fishing Floats
Cork Fishing Floats
the smallest 1" across, used by fisherman until the mid C20th
found emerging from the dunes at Cata Sands, Sanday
Cold Water Coral
Cold Water Coral
lophelia pertusa
from the sea
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Found on a beach at Start point, a tidal island where the Sanday Lighthouse stands.
Coral reefs grow in deep fast flowing water in the sea around the North and West coast of Scotland.
Rabbit Head
Rabbit Head
14" high, cracked plastic, with electrical part and mesh packaging
from the sea
Sneck
Sneck
door latch, all the parts tied together with hemp binder twine
from Boloquoy, Sanday
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Originating in C16th Suffolk, this type of thumb activated lever latch was invented bt William Twopenny.
Nudism in England
Nudism in England
by the REV C.E. Norwood M A
published by Noel Douglas Ltd, London 1933 price 1s. 6d
from Sanday Recycling Centre
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The Author's description in Preface - "It is a movement singularly capable of being misunderstood, lying midway between conventional sunbathing and a return to Arcadian simplicity: this is a true account of Nudism and its benefits: psychological and physiological.
Mending Thread
Mending Thread
Wolf Brand, FAST COLOUR 51
approx, 12 yards, pull skein
from Sanday Recycling Centre
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