Nausts from Backiskaill

The Nausts of Backiskaill on the Orkney island of Papa Westray are (Engl. On the coast to the old pier jetty ) of Backiskaill. They are a series of contiguous nausts made from lawn and upright slabs. They are 2 to 2.5 m wide and up to 5.5 m long. The three northern boathouses open to the beach and winds stand at the head of two. The three southern ones are shortened and their floors are 0.5 m above the beach.

In the south, is a small through erosion of exposed midden from Napfschneckenschalen (engl. Limpet ).

See also

• Viking Age on Orkney
• Nausts from Cott

literature

• Oliver Grimm: large boathouse - center and rule. Central place research in northern European archeology (1st – 15th centuries). de Gruyter, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-11-020284-7 .
• Bjørn Myhre: Nausttuft fra eldre jernalder på Stend i Fana. Nausttuftene som kilde til kunnskap om bygnings Konstruksjon, bosetning and samfunnsforhold. In: Viking. Vol. 40, 1977, ISSN  0332-608X , pp. 29-78.

Web links

• Entry on Backiskaill  in Canmore, Historic Environment Scotland's database

Coordinates: 59 ° 20 '26.3 "  N , 2 ° 54' 28.9"  W.