Papa Westray, Moclett
Naust (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Site Name Papa Westray, Moclett
Classification Naust (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)(Possible)
Alternative Name(s) Moclett Bay
Canmore ID 2747
Site Number HY44NE 14
NGR HY 49532 49187
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2747
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Papa Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Field Visit (June 1983)
Moclett HY 4952 4917 HY44NE
In Moclett Bay, 200m SE of the pier, a break in the steep banks provides tractor access to the shore; it is directly opposite an opening in the rocks which appears to have been artificially cleared, and it probably marks the position of a naust.
RCAHMS 1983, visited June 1982.
(OR 839).
Field Visit (1998)
A noost which was recorded at this location in the past could not be relocated.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Orkney Coastal Zone Assessment
