What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cnoc Na Ciste, Sordale Hill as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist(s) (period Unassigned), Food Vessel (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.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as an example of early communal burial and ritual practices in the Scottish Neolithic landscape.
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Places near here
Sordale HillChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 659 yd
Achingills, Stemster HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 762 yd
AchingillsSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 904 yd
HilliclayStructure (period Unassigned), Buckle(s) (bronze)(period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Halkirk War MemorialMemorial · 2.3 mi
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 3.7 mi
AchiesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.5 mi
Battle of Harpsdalebattle · 4.5 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.7 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 4.8 mi
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 5.4 mi
Dunnet BeachBeach / strand · 5.7 mi