What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn Hanach as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. It represents a type of burial monument significant for understanding early agricultural communities in Scotland.
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Places near here
Groat's LochStone Row (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 200 yd
Crow's StoneNatural Feature (period Unknown) · 220 yd
Face of LochsQuarry(s) (period Unknown) · 243 yd
Osties HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 577 yd
Whaligoe stepsViewpoint · 1246 yd
Whale GeoBay · 1416 yd
Wester Whale GeoBay · 1438 yd
Burn of WhilkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Stack of UlbsterIsland · 1.9 mi
The StackIsland · 3.0 mi
Carol Christina Darmady MemorialMemorial · 3.4 mi
Battle of Tannachbattle · 4.4 miOther information
Photo: Andrew Tryon · CC BY-SA 2.0