Papa Westray, Nistaben
Naust(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Papa Westray, Nistaben
Classification Naust(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Alternative Name(s) Minister's Flag
Canmore ID 2748
Site Number HY44NE 15
NGR HY 48349 49849
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2748
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Papa Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Field Visit (1982)
Nistaben HY 4834 4986 HY44NE
WNW of Nistaben and N of the rocky point known as Minister's Flag, three stone-lined nausts, much reduced by erosion, are cut into the shoreline.
RCAHMS 1983, visited June 1982.
(OR 836).
Field Visit (1998)
Four very overgrown stone-lined noosts are located to the north of the place known as The Minister's Flag. They measure 4m long, on average, and are up to 2m wide and 1.3m deep. They are being slowly eroded away.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Orkney Coastal Zone Assessment
