Rousay, Westside, The Wirk

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Recorded parish

Rousay and Egilsay

What is recorded here

Rousay, Westside, The Wirk is a hall in Orkney Islands, Scotland.

From the Historic Environment Scotland record 2282

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• Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
• Gordon Hatton, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Des Colhoun, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sandy Gerrard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Rob Burke, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Russel Wills, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Maker not stated on source page, uk.wikipedia.org
• Claire Pegrum, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Stanley Howe, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0

Mapped cemeteryCemetery · 27 ydRousay, Westside, Swandro, St Mary's ChurchBurial Ground (post Medieval), Church (post Medieval), Panel (wood)(17th Century), Panel (wood)(18th Century) · 30 ydChurch remains by Geo of SkaillChurch, cross or graveyard · 68 ydSkaill Farm 18th Century - empty since the clearances C19Archaeological place · 110 ydRousay, SkaillFarmstead (post Medieval), Hall House (norse), Kiln Barn (post Medieval) · 111 ydMidhowe Cairn interiorAncient tomb or cairn · 245 ydRousay, MidhoweChambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (neolithic) - (early Bronze Age) · 362 ydKnowe of Rowiegar - Chambered Cairn (Neolithic), Man-made underground passage (Prehistoric)Archaeological place · 448 ydKnowe of Swandro (Pictish Cellular Building? / Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)Archaeological place · 605 ydRousay, HallgateBuilding, Enclosure, Farmstead, Field System · 735 ydArch and cave by Scabra Head, RousayCave · 1560 ydLanding Beach marker cairnsBeach · 1662 yd

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