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Westray, Old Manse

Cemetery(s) (viking)

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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