What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Brough of Birsay, Cross-slabs as Cross Slab(s) (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early medieval cross-slabs at Brough of Birsay likely date to the 7th–9th centuries and are associated with the Pictish or Norse-Christian traditions. They may have served as grave markers or waymarkers, often linked to early Christian worship or local saints.
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Places near here
Brough of BirsayRune Inscribed Stone (norse) · 1 yd,_Brough_of_Birsay_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3771196.jpg?width=1280)
Brough of Birsay, Pictish Symbol StonePictish Symbol Stone (pictish) · 11 yd
Brough of Birsay LighthouseVisitor information · 335 yd
Rock and cliff feature at Brough of BirsayCliff or headland · 345 yd
Point of BuckquoyNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 399 yd
Light House from LeascruOld home or work place · 547 yd
Brough of Birsay, LighthouseLighthouse (20th Century) · 570 yd
Cliffs and sea at brough of Birsay lighthouseHeritage place · 579 yd
Shags and their young in cliff cave at Brough of BirsayCave · 583 yd
Earl's PalaceCastle · 1205 yd
North east tower of Earl's PalaceCastle, fort or tower · 1235 yd
Birsay VillageNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1271 yd