What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Pierowall Links as Cemetery(s) (viking). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Viking cemetery; dates to the early medieval period (c. 9th–11th century). It is significant as part of the broader Norse settlement and burial practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Noltland CastleCropmark (period Unknown), Structure(s) (period Unassigned) · 294 yd
Links of NoltlandArchaeological place · 337 yd
Beach at GrobustBeach · 462 yd
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 485 yd
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 723 yd
Queena Howe BrochArchaeological place · 758 yd
Pierowall petrol stationHeritage place · 916 yd
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1110 yd
Bay of PierowallBay · 1.1 mi
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Natural Arch at the foot of North HillMountain or hill · 1.4 mi
North HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi