Brough of Birsay

The Brough of Birsay is free to visit and open all year, but only accessible at low tide. Please note, the visitor centre is closed. Cross the causeway to a tidal island that was a place of local and perhaps regional importance, first for the Picts and later for Norse settlers. the remains of the Norse settlement include a ruined, Romanesque church that was a place of pilgrimage in the Middle Ages.