What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Old Manse as Cemetery(s) (viking). 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.
Viking cemetery; dates to the early medieval period (9th–11th century). Its significance lies in its association with Norse settlement and burial practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
'Patience' - farm cottageOld home or work place · 640 yd
Westray, LangskaillTownship (period Unassigned) · 943 yd
Westray, TuquoyMidden (viking) - (norse), Settlement (viking) - (norse) · 1095 yd
Cross Kirk graveyard and gateChurch, cross or graveyard · 1135 yd
Cross Kirk graveyardChurch, cross or graveyard · 1187 yd
Westray, PowdykesChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 1188 yd
Betsy: Ness of Tuquoy, Westray, Westray FirthSloop (19th Century) · 1618 yd
Fitty Hill, Westside, WestrayMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
East Kirbest farm with Vins Hamar (Fitty Hill) in backgroundMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Fitty HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Bay of TuquoyBay · 1.3 mi
Skea HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi