What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Backland as Broch (iron Age)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Boulder storm beach and wave-cut platformBeach · 268 yd
Drain on the beachBeach · 370 yd
Newark BayBuilding(s) (period Unknown), Burial(s) (period Unknown), Cemetery (bronze Age)(possible), Chapel (medieval), Cremation (bronze Age), Estate Building(s) (post Medieval), Human Remains(s) (period Unknown), Inhumation(s) (period Unknown), Vessel (bronze Ag · 619 yd
NewarkBurial Ground (early Medieval), Carved Stone (pictish), Chapel (10th Century), Lairds House (16th Century), Man-made underground passage(s) (prehistoric) · 643 yd
Newark HouseOld home or work place · 659 yd
GrindigarthFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.5 mi
Deerness DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.6 mi
BreckanNo Class (event) (period Unknown) · 2.4 mi
Summit ridge on Island of CopinsayIsland · 2.6 mi
Horse of CopinsayIslet · 2.7 mi
A clinically sculpted cave on the Horse of CopinsayCave · 2.7 mi