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Papa Westray, also known as Papay, is one of the Orkney Islands in Scotland, United Kingdom.The soil is very fertile, and this has long been a draw to the island.Current historical attractions on the island include Holland House with an associated folk museum and the Knap of Howar Neolithic farmstead .It is the ninth largest of the Orkney Islands with an area of 918 hectares .
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This Land......Papa Westray
This Land TV doc about Papa Westray Narrated by Bernard Hill (Boys from the black stuff)
Papa Westray, Sunrise to Sunset
Papa Westray, Orkney. One day in the life of ...
PAPA WESTRAY ( ORKNEY) music by THE NEVERCLAIM (SWEET SWEET MERCIES)
Short vlog taken on a 6 hour visit to Papa Westray one of the most northerly of the Orkney Islands. The flight between Papa Wstray and Westray is the shortest Commercial flight in the world (see previous vlog)
Music SWEET SWEET MERCIES by THE NEVERCLAIM
This Land Part 2...........Papa Westray
Holm of Papa Westray South
Holm of Papa Westray South
Papa Westray Sept 2011
Created on October 9, 2011 using FlipShare.
Westray Viking Site
An archaeological excavation of a Viking Period site on the island of Westray, Orkney
Ancient Orkney Tour | 14th - 21st August 2019 | Megalithomania
Megalithomania and Nicholas Cope presents ANCIENT ORKNEY TOUR - August 14th - 21st 2019 (7 nights / 8 days). Explore the Ring of Brodgar, the Stones of Stennes, Maeshowe Chambered Tomb, the archaeological dig at the Ness of Brodgar, The Tomb of the Eagles, Skara Brae, Wideford Hill and Cuween Hill chambered tombs, Unstan Tomb, various museums, Kirkwall town and cathedral and numerous standing stones and sites not on the itinerary. We will also take island visits to Papa Westray (on the world's shortest flight) to see the Knap of Howar, a ferry to Hoy to see the Dwarfie Stane and numerous megalithic constructions on Rousay Island! All in one week!
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Following the sun around Papa Westray on the 24th June 2011 - Part 3
Various Ancient Sites Of Scotland.
Scotland's Various Ancient Sites.
This short video is a compilation of ancient, obscure, modern & unknown sites around Scotland which I left out of my previous videos.
There is photographic content from fine neolithic sites like The Clava Cairns, Hill o' Many Stanes, The Grey Cairns of Camster, The Great U Of Stemster.
There are a few modern stone circles like Sighthill in Glasgow and Breemie in Aberdeenshire which appear in the video.
The enigmatic Gilmerton Cove and the bronze age site of Hully Hill, both in Edinburgh appear in the clip above.
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Outer Edge Papay Westray
A little film about Papay
Knap of Howar revisited
Knap of Howar revisited
Knap of Howar History & Visiting Information Historic Adventures in Archaeology
Knap of Howar History & Visiting Information Historic Adventures in Archaeology
The oldest standing architecture found so far in Europe are on the remote island of Papa Westray, one of the Orkney Islands lying off the north coast of Scotland. The site, known as Knap o’ Howar (“knoll of mounds”) had been partially exposed by gales in the winter of 1928/29 and was excavated the following summer by William Traill, the landowner, and William Kirkness. They uncovered the remains of a pair Knap of Howar. Planof oblong buildings, one slightly larger than the other, linked together by a short passageway. They took the buildings to be Iron Age in date but more recent excavations by Anna Ritchie in the 1970’s have proved that they are many hundreds of years older than that and belong to the beginning of the Neolithic period. A series of radiocarbon dates indicates that the site was occupied for about 900 years (ca. 3700-2800 BC). Ritchie’s work has also revealed that the existing buildings did not represent the earliest occupation of the site for there is an underlying midden layer 40 cm. thick. The midden consists of domestic refuse, including a lot of composted organic material but, apart from an areaof paving to the south of House 1, no trace of any houses associated with it has been discovered. There are traces of wall foundations and paved areas between the houses and the sea but there has been considerable coastal erosion and any buildings that may have lay in that direction are now gone.
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Westray's community wind turbine supports a wide range of community group projects which touch every aspect of island life. Clubs and groups, facilities, services - all helping meet local needs and maintaining a fantastic quality of life for the residents.