What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Brae of Muckquoy as Cist(s) (period Unassigned), Settlement (prehistoric), Leaf Arrowhead (prehistoric), Mace (stone)(prehistoric), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (prehistoric). 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 settlement and burial site, dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE, significant for its associated artefacts including a stone mace and leaf-shaped arrowheads, indicating early agricultural and ritual practices in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Redland FarmFlint Scatter (bronze Age) · 1 yd
RedlandUnidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 345 yd
Bridge over the Burn of RedlandHeritage place · 515 yd
TaravelFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 701 yd
First World War memorialHeritage place · 1594 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1595 yd
BurnessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.2 mi
Burrien HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Baillie HillMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Bay of IsbisterBay · 1.7 mi
The OuseBay · 2.2 mi
Down Heddle HillMountain or hill · 2.5 mi