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Westray, Lastigar, Pierowall
Natural Feature (Period Unknown), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Westray, Lastigar, Pierowall
Classification Natural Feature (Period Unknown), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2767
Site Number HY44NW 12
NGR HY 4355 4888
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2767
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY44NW 12 4355 4888.
(HY 4355 4888) Mound (NAT)
OS 6" map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1900).
'A large mound evidently the remains of a fortress or stronghold for the storage of grain. It is not a brough. A solid stone wall encircles the north half of the mound at the foot.'
Name Book 1879.
A sand dune with a retaining wall along the N side, not an antiquity.
Visited by OS (RL) 27 June 1970.
