What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Point of Cott as Animal Burial(s) (neolithic), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn and animal burial site; significant for its multiple interments and associated pottery, reflecting early farming practices in Orkney.
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Places near here
Cleaton House Hotel, WestrayOld home or work place · 535 yd
Westray, CleatBurial Ground (medieval)(possible), Chapel (medieval)(possible), Settlement (period Unknown)(possible) · 657 yd
Church of Scotland, WestrayChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.0 mi
Bay of SwartmillBay · 1.1 mi
Westray, BroughBroch (iron Age)(possible), Settlement (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
WestrayIsland · 1.2 mi
Bay of PierowallBay · 1.4 mi
Papa Westray beachBeach · 1.6 mi
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.8 mi
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Beach at Bay of GrobustBeach · 2.5 mi