Gairsay, Skelbist

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Recorded parish

Evie and Rendall

What is recorded here

Gairsay, Skelbist is a building in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 182848

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Photo credits

• George Brown, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rude Health, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Derek Mayes, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
• Des Colhoun, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Bill Boaden, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Graeme Smith, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• John Comloquoy, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Iain Macaulay, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Trig Point and Cairn, highest point on Gairsay (102 metres)Ancient tomb or cairn · 361 ydMillburn Bay, GairsayPier · 720 ydSweyn's Castle - burnt mound (Prehistoric)Archaeological place · 750 ydCairn (possible Viking) aka Sweyn's Watch TowerArchaeological place · 750 ydGairsay, Langskaill HouseCastle (medieval) · 972 ydLangskaill House viewed from the souwestOld home or work place · 1028 ydHolm of BorayShip (16th Century) · 1331 ydSeal SkerryIslet · 1.1 miHolm of RendallIslet · 1.2 miRendall Old CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.8 miBay of HinderayreBay · 1.9 miBay of FurrowendBay · 2.6 mi

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