What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, South Vatersay as Cairn(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial and ritual practices in the Outer Hebrides.
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Places near here
Classic little Hebridean beachBeach · 472 yd
Beinn ChuidhirMountain / peak · 641 yd
Sgeir a' ChlogaidIslet · 702 yd
VatersayBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 885 yd
Bàgh a DeasBeach / strand · 937 yd
Vatersay, CroftBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1319 yd
Bàgh BhatarsaighBay · 1385 yd
Vatersay, VatersayBurial Ground (period Unassigned), Township (period Unassigned) · 1388 yd
Sgeirean Màs a' MhillIslet · 1423 yd
Vatersay, Cuithe HeillanishEnclosure (period Unassigned), Standing Stone (prehistoric)(possible) · 1.0 mi
Memorial to Catalina plane crash 1944Heritage place · 1.0 mi
Catalina Crash MemorialHeritage place · 1.1 mi