Links of Noltland

  • On the island of Westray, Orkney

 

Getting there

Links of Noltland
Grobust Bay
Westray
Orkney

National Grid reference: HY 429494

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Facilities

Links of Noltland itself has no visitor facilities, but there is a small car park to the north west of the site (about five minutes’ walk).

Sturdy footwear with a good grip is recommended.

Access

You can call the site direct to discuss your access needs. 

Opening times

Open year-round. Excavation season is May to September.

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Facilities

The ruin of Noltland Castle, with most walls still intact.

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Noltland Castle
A small roofless chapel with a bell tower surrounded by a graveyard.

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Pierowall Church
The ruined remains of Westside Church, surrounded by gravestones put up in straight lines

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Westside Church, Tuquoy
Small stone houses by the sea

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Knap of Howar
The inside of a narrow but tall chambered cairn

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Holm of Papa Westray Chambered Cairn
The complete but roofless ruin of St Magnus Church with a large round tower just behind it

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St Magnus Church, Egilsay
A grass-covered burial cairn on a field close to the sea

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Taversöe Tuick Chambered Cairn
Several slabs of stone being stored in a concrete room

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Blackhammer Chambered Cairn
Small stone houses by the sea

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Knap of Howar
The well preserved Midhowe Broch next to a beach and the sea

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Midhowe Broch
A general view of the Broch of Gurness and Eynhallow Sound.

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Broch of Gurness
The interior of Rennibister earth house. The stone ceiling is held up by a wooden beam.

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Rennibister Earth House
A view of the inside of an earth house

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Grain Earth House
A general view of the prehistoric village at Skara Brae.

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Skara Brae
The remaining walls of the broch form a half circle and are about three metres high.

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Carn Liath Broch
A stone path leading into an uncovered neolithic hall

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Stanydale Temple

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