What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn Lochan as General View (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 chambered cairn located in Orkney, Scotland, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a dense concentration of Neolithic monuments in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Places near here
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Hell's Lum CragCliff · 1324 yd
Stag RocksCliff · 1733 yd
Creag an Leth-choinMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Cairn GormSword (bronze Age) · 1.3 mi_-_geograph.org.uk_-_126329.jpg?width=1280)
Loch AvonGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 1.8 mi
Ptarmigan Station, CairngormRailway (19th Century) - (20th Century), Restaurant (20th Century), Visitor Centre (20th Century) · 1.9 mi
Garbh ChoireBothy (20th Century) (1966) · 3.0 mi
Falls of DeeWaterfall · 3.3 mi
Wells of DeeSpring · 3.7 mi
PiccadillyVisitor information · 4.3 mi
Cairngorm Reindeer CentreHeritage attraction · 4.5 miOther information
Photo: Hugh Venables · CC BY-SA 2.0