| 词条 | Holm of Papa |
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|Image= Holm of Papay.jpg |ImageCaption= Holm of Papa, viewed across South Wick, from Papa Westray |location_map= Scotland Orkney |caption= Holm of Papa shown within Orkney |coordinates = {{coord|59.35|-2.87|display=inline}} |GridReference=HY507519 |celtic name= |norse name= |meaning of name= |area=21 ha[1] |area rank= |highest elevation= 15 m |Population=0[2] |population rank= |main settlement= |island group=Orkney |local authority=Orkney Islands |references=[3][4] }} The Holm of Papa (or Holm of Papay, Holm of Papa Westray and known locally as the Papay Holm,[5][6][7]) is a very small uninhabited island in the Orkney islands. It is around {{convert|21|ha}} in size.[1] It can be visited from its neighbouring island Papa Westray, or Papay, an island less than a hundred metres west of the Holm. The main sight on the small island is the Southcairn, a 20 metre long chambered cairn dating from approx. 3000 BC on whose stones one can find ancient carvings.[8] The long, stalled cairn, built of local stone, was once a communal burial place for the bones of an ancient community. It is protected by a modern roof and entered by a trapdoor from above. It is possible that the inhabitants of the Knap of Howar buried their dead here. There are three ancient chambered cairns on the holm. Visitors can arrange privately for small boat access through the Co-op shop on Papa Westray. The cairn is readily visible from the larger island. “Eyebrow motif” carvings found in the southernmost chambered cairn bear a resemblance to the "eyes" of the Orkney Venus found at Links of Noltland on Westray.[7] Footnotes1. ^1 {{RLTIS}} {{Commons cat|Holm of Papa}}{{North West Orkney}}{{Orkney Islands}}{{Prehistoric Orkney}}{{European Standing Stones}}{{coord|59.35053|N|2.86868|W|region:GB_source:enwiki-osgb36(HY507519)|display=title}}{{Orkney-geo-stub}}2. ^{{NRS1C}} 3. ^{{Haswell-Smith}} 4. ^{{cite map|title=Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 5 Orkney (Northern Isles)|ISBN=9780319228111|publisher=Ordnance Survey|date=2008}} 5. ^ papawestray.co.uk. 6. ^ themodernantiquarian.com. 7. ^1 "Eyebrows link Westray figurine with burial chamber" Orkneyjar. Retrieved 1 April 2014. 8. ^{{cite web| url=http://www.papawestray.co.uk/papay/pw_official7.html| title=Holm of Papay| publisher= Papay Development Trust| accessdate=2008-10-05}} 3 : 4th-millennium BC architecture in Scotland|Uninhabited islands of Orkney|Scheduled monuments in Scotland |
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