Papa Westray, Mayback
Naust(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Site Name Papa Westray, Mayback
Classification Naust(S) (Medieval) - (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 2895
Site Number HY45SE 51
NGR HY 4955 5222
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2895
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Papa Westray
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
Field Visit (June 1982)
Mayback HY 4955 5222 HY45SE
According to Mr W Irvine, Links, there were nausts at Mayback. At the farmstead itself there has been erosion, but 120m S, half-way to Skennist, the sand-covered traces of several probable nausts can be detected in the dune ridge.
RCAHMS 1983, visited June 1982.
(OR 833).
Field Visit (1998)
The slight traces of several noosts were recorded in this area previously. The area is now so overgrown that no trace of them was seen on the banks; nor were they visible at the head of the foreshore.
Moore and Wilson, 1998
Coastal Zone Assessment Survey
