What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Arran, Whiting Bay, Giant's Graves South as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cremation (prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (prehistoric)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of prehistoric funerary monuments on the Isle of Arran, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in western Scotland.
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Places near here
Giant's GravesArchaeological place · 31 yd
Arran, Whiting BayFindspot (19th Century), Knife (flint)(neolithic) · 521 yd
Arran, Whiting Bay, SilverbankVilla (mid 19th Century) · 939 yd
Arran, Whiting Bay, Watts HotelHotel (period Unassigned), Nursing Home (modern) · 1184 yd
Atalanta: Whiting Bay Pier, Arran, Firth of ClydeSteamship (20th Century) · 1521 yd
Glenashdale FallsWaterfall · 1538 yd
Branch: Largybeg Point, Arran, Firth of ClydeSchooner (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Whiting BayBay · 1.1 mi
Dippin HeadHeadland · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Allt Mòr WaterfallWaterfall · 2.0 mi
Kildonan CastleRuins · 2.3 mi