What is recorded here
Neolithic farmstead which may be the oldest preserved stone house in northern Europe. Radiocarbon dating shows that it was occupied from 3700 BC to 2800 BC, earlier than the similar houses in the settlement at Skara Brae on the Orkney Mainland.
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Places near here
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Papa Westray, War MemorialWar Memorial (second World War) (1921), War Memorial (first World War) · 663 yd
Inside museum, Holland, Papa WestrayHeritage place · 697 yd
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Papa Westray beachBeach · 1.6 mi
Bay of MoclettBay · 1.7 mi
Great Skua on the slopes of North HillMountain or hill · 1.8 mi
Great Auk MemorialMemorial · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Alpin Stewart · CC BY-SA 2.0