What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Hamar as Burial (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Platform (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age cremation burial; part of a broader pattern of early funerary practices in Orkney. Its location contributes to understanding of ceremonial and domestic landscapes in Neolithic and Bronze Age Scotland.
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Places near here
Westray, HamarMound (period Unknown) · 456 yd
Westray, SwartabackFarm (period Unassigned) · 944 yd
Westray, Rack WickNaust(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1339 yd
Westray, TwinessBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1448 yd
Rack WickBay · 1453 yd
Impressive sea caveCave · 1605 yd
Disused mill at start of footpath to Castle O' BurrianCastle, fort or tower · 1617 yd
Cliffs on way to Castle O' BurrianCastle, fort or tower · 1641 yd
Baby Fulmars on the cliff edgeCliff or headland · 1662 yd
Sea cave at Castle O' BurrianCave · 1.1 mi
Betsy: Ness of Tuquoy, Westray, Westray FirthSloop (19th Century) · 1.7 mi
Cross Kirk graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 2.0 mi