What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Boreray, Cailleacha Dubha 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 the broader network of megalithic tombs in the Hebrides, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
BorerayHuman Remains (prehistoric)(possible), Short Cist (prehistoric)(possible) · 327 yd
Beach on Boreray North UistBeach · 693 yd
Mullach MòrMountain / peak · 832 yd
SpuirIslet · 1.7 mi
Lòn HulabhaigBeach / strand · 1.8 mi
Rubha BhoisnisWall (period Unknown) · 2.1 mi
Cnoc Nan ClaigeannBuilding (period Unknown) · 2.2 mi
North Uist, Aird A' MhorainCross Incised Rock (early Medieval), Holy Well (medieval), Natural Feature (nil Antiquity) · 2.3 mi
Rubha CaolHeadland · 2.3 mi
Angus Macaskill memorialHeritage place · 2.6 mi
CracanaisHeadland · 3.2 mi