Westray, Gill Pier
Pier (19th Century)
Site Name Westray, Gill Pier
Classification Pier (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Gill Head Pier; Bay Of Pierowall; Pierowall Harbour
Canmore ID 2803
Site Number HY44NW 45
NGR HY 44575 48874
NGR Description HY 44575 48874 to HY c. 44681 49021
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY44NW 45.00 44575 48874 to c. 44681 49021
Location formerly cited as HY 4465 4897 and HY 44653 48981.
For adjacent storehouse, see HY44NW 48.
HY44NW 45.01 HY 44617 48992 to c. 44650 49033 Jetty
HY44NW 45.02 HY 44578 48878 Leading Light (Beacon)
HY44NW 45.03 HY 44548 48895 to 44514 48925 to HY c. 44602 49057 New Pier
HY44NW 45.04 HY 44545 48898 New Pier, Beacon
Gill Pier [NAT]
OS 1:10,000 map, 1977.
Gill Pier [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, July 2006.
(Location cited as HY 446 490). Westray, Gill Head pier and storehouse, 18th to 19th century. A large rubble pier with a small square light-tower at the end. There is a wood-jib post crane, still in use. At the landward end is a three-storey ten-bay drystone rubble store.
J R Hume 1977.
Together with the New Pier (HY44NW 45.03), this pier forms what is in effect a harbour, the jetty HY44NW 45.02 being situated between them.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 7 July 2006.
Field Visit (1998)
Built around 1875, Gill Pier serves both the modern fishing fleet and the passenger ferry to Papa Westray. It is located beyond the village, to the north of the bay and is surrounded by 19th C storehouses, several of which remain in use.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
