What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn O' Mey, Barrogill as Cairn (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.
Cairn O' Mey, Barrogill is a Neolithic chambered cairn, likely dating to the late fourth to third millennium BCE. Such cairns are significant as early communal burial monuments and reflect complex social organization in Neolithic Scotland.
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Places near here
Castle of Mey, LodgeGate Lodge (period Unassigned), Gate Pier(s) (period Unassigned) · 337 yd
Castle of Mey GardensHeritage attraction · 338 yd
Castle of MeyCastle (medieval) · 446 yd
HarrowPenannular Brooch (norse) · 528 yd
Harrow, Ice HouseIcehouse (period Unassigned) · 668 yd
Wester HavenBay · 704 yd
Harrow harbourHeritage attraction · 794 yd
Loch of MeyArrowhead (flint)(period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Hill of Rigifa'Mountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Gills BayBay · 2.8 mi
WarseNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.9 mi
North Sea: Broad Geo, Stroma, Pentland FirthSteamship (19th Century) · 3.6 mi