What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oronsay, Druim Arstail as Burial (viking)(possible), Ship Burial (viking)(possible), Pin (viking), Rivet (iron)(period Unknown). 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.
Viking-period ship burial or possible burial site, significant for its association with Norse presence in the Orkney Islands. Artifacts such as pins and iron rivets suggest maritime and funerary practices of the Viking Age.
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Places near here
Leaba MhòrMountain / peak · 515 yd
Port na h-AthaBay · 739 yd
Oronsay, Seal CottageCottage (post Medieval) · 852 yd
Beinn OronsayMountain / peak · 1452 yd
Oronsay PrioryHeritage attraction · 1554 yd
Oronsay, Oronsay PrioryBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church(s) (medieval), Grave Slab(s) (medieval), Priory (medieval) · 1557 yd
Oronsay, Oronsay FarmFarmstead (post Medieval), Threshing Machine (post Medieval) · 1599 yd
Colonsay, the StrandSanctuary Marker(s) (medieval) · 1660 yd
Eilean GhaoideamalIsland · 1.1 mi
Port a' ChapuillBay · 1.4 mi
Tràigh nam BàrcBeach / strand · 1.6 mi