What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnfield Quarries as Building (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 cairnfield, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, representing a significant but poorly documented prehistoric funerary or ritual landscape. Its wider significance remains under-recorded due to lack of detailed archaeological investigation.
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Places near here
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Weydale FarmFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 888 yd
Hill of OlrigStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 1.3 mi
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 2.6 mi
Thurso, Mount Vernon, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.6 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 2.8 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 3.4 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 3.5 mi
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 3.8 mi
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 4.6 mi
Ben Rannes: Spear Head, Pentland FirthTrawler (20th Century) · 5.3 mi