What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairn Reain 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 significant type of funerary and ceremonial structure associated with early farming communities in Scotland.
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Places near here
North YarrowsBoathouse (period Unassigned) · 118 yd
Loch of YarrowsCrannog(s) (period Unassigned)(possible), Naust (period Unassigned) · 158 yd
RaggraQuarry (period Unassigned) · 1038 yd
BrickigoeBridge (period Unassigned), Dam (period Unassigned), Threshing Barn (post Medieval) · 1303 yd
Battle of Tannachbattle · 2.4 mi
Stack of UlbsterIsland · 2.4 mi
Whaligoe stepsViewpoint · 2.5 mi
Whale GeoBay · 2.6 mi
The HavenBay · 2.6 mi
The StackIsland · 2.6 mi
Burn of WhilkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.7 mi
General Horne memorialMemorial · 2.9 mi