What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Quoy Banks as Inhumation(s) (viking), Mound (viking), Ship Burial (viking). 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.
Viking ship burial and inhumation mound, 9th–11th century AD. This site is significant as a rare example of high-status Viking burial practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Erratic (The Saville Stone), Scar, SandayStanding or carved stone · 1094 yd
Sanday, WooMidden (period Unknown), Settlement (period Unknown) · 1232 yd
Sanday, OrtieFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1258 yd
Roos WickBay · 1.4 mi
Sanday, TowerhillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Holms of IreIslet · 1.9 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 2.3 mi
The CroftMuseum · 3.0 mi
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 3.0 mi
Cata SandBeach / strand · 3.6 mi
Cata Sand Dunes and BeachBeach · 4.1 mi
Bay of NewarkBay · 4.5 mi