What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lewis, Valtos School as Burial (viking), Brooch(s) (tortoiseshell)(viking). 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.
Viking burial site, dating to the early medieval period (c. 8th–11th century AD), associated with personal ornaments such as tortoiseshell brooches. This site reflects Norse cultural influence in the Western Isles and provides evidence of Viking presence and burial practices in the region.
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Places near here
Isle of Lewis camping above the beachBeach · 164 yd
Disused house above Camas na ClibheOld home or work place · 198 yd
Traigh Na ClibheWall (period Unassigned) · 210 yd
Beach, Camas na ClibheBeach · 317 yd
Camas Na ClibheEnclosure (prehistoric) · 517 yd
Cemetery west of ValtosChurch, cross or graveyard · 577 yd
Loch MorEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 672 yd
Tobha Mor with Senna Chnoc island in distanceIsland · 1472 yd
Pabaigh MòrIsland · 1.4 mi
ForsnabhalMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Waterfall in Gleann BhaltoisWaterfall · 1.5 mi
Low hill, RiofMountain or hill · 1.6 mi