What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Pierowall Quarry as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation (neolithic), Inscribed Stone(s) (neolithic), Roundhouse (iron Age), Structure (late Neolithic), Scraper (tool)(s) (flint)(neolithic), Unidentified Object(s) (stone)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (iron Age), Unid. The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn and inhumation site, with associated inscribed stones, dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE. The site is significant for its early burial practices and carvings, contributing to understanding of Neolithic society in Orkney.
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Places near here
Westray, PierowallWell (period Unassigned) · 112 yd
Westray, Pierowall, War MemorialWar Memorial (second World War), War Memorial (first World War) · 141 yd
Pierowall Fire StationHeritage place · 212 yd
Westray, Pierowall, Lady KirkBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church (17th Century), Gravestone(s) (17th Century) · 257 yd
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 298 yd
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 436 yd
Bay of PierowallBay · 1007 yd
Beach at Bay of GrobustBeach · 1042 yd
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 1249 yd
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 1.7 mi
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Natural Arch at the foot of North HillMountain or hill · 1.9 mi