What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Easter Skeld, 'swart-houll' 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a broader network of chambered tombs in northern Britain, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
Easter SkeldLithic Implement(s) (stone)(period Unassigned) · 585 yd
Skelda VoeDyke (period Unassigned), Naust (period Unassigned) · 787 yd
Easter Skeld, PierPier (period Unassigned) · 821 yd
Reawick Congregational ChurchChurch (19th Century) (1863) · 1133 yd
Hestinsetter HillMountain / peak · 1733 yd
Ward of ReawickMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Aa skerryIslet · 1.5 mi
Spray: Rea WickSloop (19th Century) · 1.6 mi
Daa skerryIslet · 1.8 mi
Garderhouse VoeBay · 2.3 mi
Sand VoeBay · 2.6 mi
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 4.9 mi