What is recorded here
Sealskerry Bay on Eday may have held a medieval castle, though no wall still stands to prove it. The bay keeps medieval pottery and an unknown settlement, suggesting people lived there long before records named them. The castle may have been a tower, a fortress or a memory mistaken for stone. The bay still receives seals and storms, unchanged by the doubt.
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eday, Sealskerry Bay as Castle (medieval)(possible), Settlement (period Unknown), Unidentified Pottery (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.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Agnes: Seal Skerry, Eday, Westray FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 727 yd
Fersness HillMountain / peak · 1193 yd
Rammy GeoBay · 1.1 mi
Eday, Fers NessHouse (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1.3 mi
Flaughton HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Axna GeoBay · 1.5 mi
Eday, Eday ChurchChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 2.1 mi
EdayIsland · 2.2 mi
Eday, London AirportAirport (20th Century) · 2.3 mi
Eday, St Mary's ChurchChurch (14th Century), Cross Slab (early Medieval) · 2.4 mi
Rusk HolmIslet · 2.7 mi
Mu Geos and Castle Rock from the SeaCastle, fort or tower · 3.9 mi