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Cata Sands

Animal Burial(s) (19th Century), Artefact Scatter (neolithic), Building (neolithic), Hearth(s) (neolithic), Midden (neolithic), Pit(s) (period Unknown)
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Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cata Sands as Animal Burial(s) (19th Century), Artefact Scatter (neolithic), Building (neolithic), Hearth(s) (neolithic), Midden (neolithic), Pit(s) (period Unknown). 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.
Neolithic settlement and burial site, dating to the 4th to 3rd millennia BCE. Its significance lies in the combination of domestic and funerary remains, offering insights into early farming communities in northern Scotland.

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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0