What is recorded here

No visible trace remains at Noltland, Westray. The coordinate points to grass, soil or forgotten stone rather than a standing room. Forgetting is the shape of this place now: a tower house reduced to the memory of its own absence.

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Noltland Castle as Tower House (16th Century). 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.

Noltland Castle, a 16th-century tower house on Westray, was built by the Sinclair family, who were prominent in Orkney's history. It is important as one of the best-preserved medieval castles in the Northern Isles and reflects the power and influence of the Sinclairs during Scotland's early modern period.

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