What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Scarva Taing, Covenanters' Graves as Covenanters Grave(s) (17th Century). 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.
Covenanters' Grave(s), 17th century; associated with Scottish religious and political conflict; significant as a site of historical persecution and resistance.
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Places near here
Deerness, Covenanters MonumentCommemorative Monument (late 19th Century) (1888) · 69 yd
Covenanter's MemorialMemorial · 69 yd
Scarva TaingGrave (post Medieval) · 234 yd
DenwickCairn (prehistoric) · 444 yd
Covenanters' Memorial, DeernessHeritage place · 511 yd
NorthfieldFarmstead (post Medieval) · 873 yd
BreckanNo Class (event) (period Unknown) · 1449 yd
Foreshore at end of Halley Beach, DeernessBeach · 1.2 mi
Halley Beach, DeernessBeach · 1.2 mi
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
The Chapel on the Brough of DeernessVisitor information · 1.5 mi
Hangie BayBay · 1.9 mi