What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, Borve, Balnacraig as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader network of chambered cairns in the Western Isles, reflecting early communal burial and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
The old museum at Borgh, BarraHeritage place · 404 yd
Barra, Borve, Dun BharpaChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 904 yd
Barra, BorveField System (period Unassigned), Township (period Unassigned) · 1000 yd
Conifer PlantationForest · 1090 yd
Taigh Talamhanta, Barra's aisled houseOld home or work place · 1101 yd
Hill top lochanMountain or hill · 1745 yd
Beinn BheireasaighMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
HeabhalMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Castle Bay and Vatersay from summit of HeavalCastle, fort or tower · 1.1 mi
Barra, Craigston, St Brendan's Roman Catholic ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 1.2 mi
BarraighIsland · 1.4 mi
Four war graves in Cuidhir CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.4 mi