What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Houton Head: Skerry of Vasa, Wide Firth as Ketch (20th Century). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. 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
Bay of FurrowendBay · 899 yd
Grass HolmIslet · 1332 yd
Shapinsay, Galtness BatteryGun Emplacement (20th Century), Magazine(s) (20th Century), Observation Post (20th Century) · 1734 yd
Balfour CastleDyke(s) (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
Shapinsay, Twi NessCairn (prehistoric)(possible), Kelp Pit (post Medieval)(possible) · 1.4 mi
BalfourBarrow (bronze Age)(possible), Cist (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (steatite)(bronze Age) · 1.4 mi
Drinks are served in the Gatehouse of Balfour CastleCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
Phone kiosk on Balfour Castle pierCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
War Memorial at ElwickHeritage place · 1.7 mi
Holm of BorayShip (16th Century) · 1.8 mi
Petrel: Holm Sound, Shapinsay Sound, North SeaCraft (19th Century) · 1.9 mi
ShapinsayIsland · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Rob Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0