What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records White Ness, St Ola's Church as Burial Ground (medieval), Church (medieval), Cross(s) (early Medieval), Inhumation (viking), Ogham Inscribed Stone (early Medieval). 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.
A Viking inhumation burial associated with an early medieval church and ogham-inscribed stone; significant for its mix of Pictish, Christian, and Norse elements.
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Places near here
MaillandStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 662 yd
North UstanessTownship (period Unassigned) · 769 yd
South StromnessBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned) · 792 yd
Whiteness VoeStructure(s) (period Unassigned) · 1041 yd
Hoove holmIslet · 1131 yd
Setter HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Hill of GriestaMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Guiding Star: Usta Ness, White Ness, AtlanticSmack (20th Century) · 1.6 mi
TingwallVisitor information · 2.0 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.0 mi
Sand VoeBay · 2.8 mi