What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Papa Westray, St Boniface's Church as Composite Slab Shrine (early Medieval)(possible), Pictish Symbol Stone (pictish). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Boniface's Church on Papa Westray is associated with St Boniface, a 7th-century Northumbrian missionary and bishop, who is venerated in Orkney and other parts of northern Scotland. The site is linked to early Christian traditions and may have been a place of pilgrimage, reflecting the influence of Pictish and Norse religious practices in the region.
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Places near here
Papa Westray, Knap of HowarHouse(s) (neolithic), Midden (prehistoric), Lithic Implement(s) (flint)(neolithic), Lithic Implement(s) (chert)(neolithic) · 392 yd
Knap of HowarArchaeological place · 395 yd
Papa Westray, Holland Farm, West BarnBarn (post Medieval) · 963 yd
Papa WestrayAirfield (20th Century) · 1002 yd
The centre of the island, where all roads meetIsland · 1027 yd
Inside museum, Holland, Papa WestrayHeritage place · 1089 yd
Control "Tower", Westray AirfieldCastle, fort or tower · 1.2 mi
North Hill RSPB nature reserveMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
Papa Westray beachBeach · 1.7 mi
Great Skua on the slopes of North HillMountain or hill · 1.8 mi
Bay of MoclettBay · 1.8 mi
Great Auk MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi