What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Gallo Hill as Cairn (prehistoric)(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.
A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the third millennium BCE. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial and ritual practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 9 yd
Westray, LengemireBuilding (period Unassigned) · 977 yd
Fitty HillMountain / peak · 1422 yd
Westray, HeatherbankMace (period Unknown) · 1607 yd
Westray, 'sheepy Kirk'Burial Ground (19th Century)(possible), Church (19th Century) · 1729 yd
Braehead from the gardens of the old mill Pierowal, Westray, OrkneyOld home or work place · 1.1 mi
Fitty Hill, Westside, WestrayMountain or hill · 1.2 mi_in_background_-_geograph.org.uk_-_521715.jpg?width=1280)
East Kirbest farm with Vins Hamar (Fitty Hill) in backgroundMountain or hill · 1.5 mi
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.7 mi
Bay of PierowallBay · 1.9 mi
Beach at GrobustBeach · 2.0 mi