What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mail Cemetery as Burial Ground (early Medieval), Chapel (early Medieval) - (post Medieval), Gravestone (17th Century), Ogham Inscribed Stone(s) (early Medieval), Rune Inscribed Stone(s) (norse). 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.
Early Medieval burial ground with an associated chapel and ogham inscribed stones; significant for its pre-Christian and Christian archaeological features indicating continuity of sacred use from the 5th to 17th centuries.
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Places near here
Mail CemeteryCross (medieval)(possible), Stone (medieval) · 29 yd
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Aith VoeBay · 1186 yd
CatpundSettlement (post Medieval) · 1366 yd
Hoo FieldMountain / peak · 1458 yd
SkeomireFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1601 yd
Hill of SkeomireMountain / peak · 1616 yd
Mousa Ferry Waiting Room ExhibitionMuseum · 1.9 mi
Bay of OkraquoyBay · 2.2 mi
Waterwitch: East Ham, Mousa, North SeaSchooner (19th Century) · 2.7 mi
Strathavon: Broonies Taing, Hos Wick, North SeaSmack (20th Century) · 2.9 mi