What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Pierowall, Cattle Barge as Barge (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The *Westray, Pierowall, Cattle Barge* was a small vessel used for transporting livestock, likely operating in the Orkney Islands region. It was lost in the late 18th or early 19th century, though the exact date and cause of its loss are not recorded, and no details of lives or cargo lost are known.
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Places near here
Westray, Pierowall, Rose CottageCottage (period Unassigned) · 1 yd
Rose Cottage, Pierowall villageOld home or work place · 109 yd
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 742 yd
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 794 yd
Westray, Pierowall, Lady KirkBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Gravestone(s) (17th Century) · 804 yd
Pierowall Lady Kirk - tomb of Helen Alexander (1676)Ancient tomb or cairn · 809 yd
Bay of PierowallBay · 1219 yd
Beach at GrobustBeach · 1.0 mi
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 1.0 mi
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 1.6 mi
Natural Arch at the foot of North HillMountain or hill · 1.7 mi