What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unknown: Wide Firth as Obstruction (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Houton Head: Skerry of Vasa, Wide FirthKetch (20th Century) · 636 yd
Grass HolmIslet · 782 yd
Bay of FurrowendBay · 1040 yd
Shapinsay, Galtness BatteryGun Emplacement (20th Century), Magazine(s) (20th Century), Observation Post (20th Century) · 1554 yd
Holm of Boray, GeneralIsland (nil Antiquity) · 1.3 miHolm of BorayShip (16th Century) · 1.5 mi
Shapinsay, GarthLamp (stone)(prehistoric) · 1.5 mi
Drinks are served in the Gatehouse of Balfour CastleCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 mi
Phone kiosk on Balfour Castle pierCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 mi
War Memorial at ElwickHeritage place · 2.0 mi
Seal SkerryIslet · 2.0 mi
Petrel: Holm Sound, Shapinsay Sound, North SeaCraft (19th Century) · 2.3 mi