
What is recorded here
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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Places near here
Cata Sand Dunes and BeachBeach · 451 yd
Bay of NewarkBay · 875 yd
Sanday, Russ NessMidden (period Unassigned), Mound (period Unassigned) · 892 yd
Sanday, Tresness HouseFarmstead (17th Century) - (19th Century) · 947 yd
Sanday, Tresness House, HorsemillHorse Engine House (period Unknown) · 968 yd
Sanday, TresnessMound (period Unassigned) · 1196 yd
Cata SandBeach / strand · 1226 yd
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 1.3 mi
The CroftMuseum · 1.4 mi
Sty WickBay · 1.4 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 1.9 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0