Westray, Gill Pier, New Pier
Pier (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Westray, Gill Pier, New Pier
Classification Pier (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Bay Of Pierowall; Pierowall Harbour
Canmore ID 282061
Site Number HY44NW 45.03
NGR HY 44548 48895
NGR Description HY 44548 48895 to 44514 48925 to HY c. 44602 49057
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY44NW 45.03 44548 48895 to 44514 48925 to c. 44602 49057
Pier [NAT]
OS (GIS) AIB, June 2006.
This L-shaped pier and its beacon (HY44NW 45.04) are evidently of new construction. Both are depicted and noted on the current edition of the OS (GIS) AIB, but are not indicated on the 1977 edition of the OS 1:10,000 map.
Together with the older pier (HY44NW 45.00), 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.
Underwater Archaeology
HY 44544 48895 A programme of work was undertaken in 2017
prior to a planned pier extension. A desk-based assessment of
four wreck sites in the general area of Pierowall Bay and nine
other sites within 0.5km of the pier was carried out. A field
survey (diver) identified no visual evidence for submerged
material of archaeological or historical significance.
Archive: NRHE
Funder: Orkney Islands Council
Sean Bell – Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (ORCA)
(Source: DES, Volume 19)
