Watts in a name?
- Jul 7, 2025
- 1 min read
Funny day weather wise, started out cold and damp with everyone in full waterproofs, extra layers and woolly hats, then came out into blazing sunshine and heat. Not everyone could face taking off the layers on the grounds that they'd likely be putting them back on soon enough, but it did make for a much more pleasant afternoon than morning.
Removal of the blocking wall yesterday revealed the end of the wall with a nicely shaped orthostat (the upright stone) alongside:
Lindsey meanwhile was taking more photos for his photogrammetry and 3-D reconstructions:
Our keen fisherman Harry has been on the trail of the elusive Orkney trout in his free time, here seen sporting his new kneepads and shooting in a small find, it's not always easy to hold the laser target steady in a brisk wind:
Finally two of our Bradford students, Grace and Cara, here modelling their stylish hats:
In case you're wondering about the badge on Grace's hat, it's from a genuine Orkney road sign to the small hamlet of Twatt in Birsay. This for some reason causes a certain amount of amusement among non-Orcadians and is a popular logo on hats, mugs and other souvenirs. Its from a perfectly good Old Norse word þveit meaning a clearing, probably of heather or brushwood (Hugh Marwick, Orkney Farm Names). Twatt is also an Orkney surname, and I've heard it suggested that a lot of Watts (also an Orkney surname) started out as Twatts but felt the need to drop the initial 'T' and become just a simple Watt when they went south. No idea why.
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True story - we know some folk named Twatt who at one time considered buying Twatt House in Twatt, but realised that their address would be….
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And decided against it.
The Council had problems with folk ‘nicking the sign. Their solution is to use wooden ones which, at least, aren’t as expensive to replace as the metal ones.
Judith Glue’s shop in Kirkwall does a roaring trade in Twatt signs, tea-towels, postcards etc.