Westray, Pierowall Village
Findspot (Period Unknown), Hammerstone(S) (Period Unknown), Trough (Period Unknown), Worked Object (Bone)(Period Unknown)
Site Name Westray, Pierowall Village
Classification Findspot (Period Unknown), Hammerstone(S) (Period Unknown), Trough (Period Unknown), Worked Object (Bone)(Period Unknown)
Alternative Name(s) Pierowall Gospel Hall
Canmore ID 2788
Site Number HY44NW 31
NGR HY 4370 4860
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2788
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Note (1983)
Pierowall Village HY 437 486 HY44NW 27
In 1970 Mr AC Hunter brought to NMAS pieces of worked bone, hammer-stones and a stone trough, which had been found at the corner of the track that turns sharply N from the village street at the Gospel Hall.
RCAHMS 1983.
(DES, 1970, 33; OR 905).
Field Visit (1998)
A number of artefacts were accidentally uncovered beside a track which runs beside the Gospel Hall in 1970. The finds include worked bone, hammerstones and a stone trough (Clark, 1970). The site is not now visible.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
