Scarva Taing
Inhumation (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Scarva Taing
Classification Inhumation (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 2960
Site Number HY50NE 44
NGR HY 5727 0881
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/2960
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish St Andrews And Deerness
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY50NE 44 5727 0881
See also HY50NE 1, HY50NE 33, HY50NE 48, HY50NE 8002.
On the clifftop, E-W aligned grave 1.9m long comprising a base slab set between two rough uprights. Probably the grave of a shipwreck victim.
K Steedman 1980
On the clifftop above Scarva Taing, 250m NE from the Covenanters' Memorial is a grave aligned E and W; it is 1.9m long and comprises a base slab set between two rough uprights. It is probably the grave of a shipwreck victim.
K A Steedman 1980; RCAHMS 1987, visited June 1986.
