What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Papa Stour, Virda Field as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn; significant as a burial monument reflecting early agricultural communities in Orkney.
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Places near here
Virda FieldMountain / peak · 16 yd
CribbieField Boundary (post Medieval) · 635 yd
Papa Stour, Loch of SholmawickBoundary Dyke (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 1042 yd
Papa StourGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Norse StofaMuseum · 1.9 mi
Papa Stour, Sindrins, Hand CraneCrane (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Brei HolmIslet · 2.4 mi
Hill of MelbyMountain / peak · 4.4 mi
St Magnus' BayBay · 6.0 mi
Voe of SnarranessBay · 6.1 mi
Galta StackIslet · 6.4 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 8.0 mi