What is recorded here
Papa Westray is shown as a island on the public map of Orkney Islands. The saved point is the map point or the centre of its mapped shape.
Papa Westray is part of the Orkney Islands in Scotland and has a long history of human settlement dating back to the Neolithic period. It is notable for the Skara Brae-type settlement at Knap of Howar, one of the oldest known stone houses in Europe, dating to around 3300 BCE.
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Places near here
Papa Westray, MaybackFarmstead (medieval) - (post Medieval), Settlement (prehistoric) - (medieval)(possible) · 23 yd
Derelict house, Papa WestrayOld home or work place · 45 yd
Papa Westray, KirkhouseCottage (19th Century) · 404 yd
Papa Westray, NousterNaust(s) (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 769 yd
The centre of the island, where all roads meetIsland · 1252 yd
Inside museum, Holland, Papa WestrayHeritage place · 1339 yd
North Hill RSPB nature reserveMountain or hill · 1532 yd
Great Skua on the slopes of North HillMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Great Auk MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
Bay of MoclettBay · 2.0 mi
Papa Westray beachBeach · 2.1 mi
Control "Tower", Westray AirfieldCastle, fort or tower · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Derek Harper · CC BY-SA 2.0