What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, 'knoll of Skulzie' as Barrow (neolithic), Broch (iron Age)(possible), Inhumation (neolithic), Axehead(s) (stone)(neolithic). 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.
Neolithic barrow and inhumation site, possibly with a later Iron Age broch. Its significance lies in the co-occurrence of Neolithic burial practices and artifacts, indicating long-term use of the site across prehistoric periods.
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Places near here
Farm buildings at Gill PierHeritage place · 45 yd
Telephone box at Gill PierHeritage place · 79 yd
Bay of PierowallBay · 373 yd
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 826 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_953511.jpg?width=1280)
Pierowall Lady Kirk - tomb of Helen Alexander (1676)Ancient tomb or cairn · 859 yd
Westray, Pierowall, Lady KirkBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Gravestone(s) (17th Century) · 872 yd
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1239 yd
Beach at Bay of GrobustBeach · 1.0 mi
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Control "Tower", Westray AirfieldCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 mi
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 2.2 mi