What is recorded here
Castle of Sand Geo stands on Copinsay as a prehistoric fort, its name admitting that tide and time keep claiming back what hands first built. A stone axehead still belongs to the same ground, sharp enough to cut memory as often as flesh. The sea may have taken the castle twice already, which means the living job is to keep building shape anywhere the world still wants to remember.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Castle of Sand Geo, Copinsay as Fort (prehistoric), Axehead (stone)(prehistoric). 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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
CopinsayMan-made underground passage (prehistoric)(possible) · 142 yd
Summit ridge on Island of CopinsayIsland · 426 yd
Copinsay Farm, CopinsayMidden(s) (period Unknown) · 463 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Copinsay LighthouseLighthouse (20th Century) · 589 yd
Horse of CopinsayIslet · 1615 yd
A clinically sculpted cave on the Horse of CopinsayCave · 1626 yd
Ward HolmBuilding (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Boulder storm beachBeach · 1.9 mi
Boulder beachBeach · 2.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 3.2 mi
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 3.6 mi
BreckanNo Class (event) (period Unknown) · 4.3 mi