What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Cott as Square Barrow (iron Age)(possible). 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.
Iron Age square barrow; likely a funerary monument associated with burial practices in northern Britain. Its precise function and wider significance remain unclear due to limited recorded context.
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Places near here
Westray, Fitty HillChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 299 yd
Westray, HeatherbankMace (period Unknown) · 609 yd
Fitty Hill, Westside, WestrayMountain or hill · 715 yd
Fitty HillMountain / peak · 812 yd
'Patience' - farm cottageOld home or work place · 832 yd
Midbea Schoolhouse and school, WestrayHeritage place · 1107 yd
East Kirbest farm with Vins Hamar (Fitty Hill) in backgroundMountain or hill · 1175 yd
Skea HillMountain / peak · 1553 yd
Cross Kirk graveyard and gateChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.4 mi
Cross Kirk graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.5 mi
WestrayIsland · 1.6 mi
Betsy: Ness of Tuquoy, Westray, Westray FirthSloop (19th Century) · 1.6 mi