What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eigg, Garbh Bealach, Piper's Cairn as Coffin Cairn (post Medieval). 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.
Coffin cairn, post-Medieval period. Its significance lies in its association with later funerary practices in the Scottish Highlands, reflecting regional traditions of burial and commemoration.
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Places near here
Eigg, GalmisdaleField System (period Unassigned), Hut (period Unassigned) · 358 yd
Small Isles Nsa, Lower An Sgurr Path, EiggGeneral View (21st Century) · 431 yd
Uamh FhraingCave · 654 yd
Eigg, Eigg LodgeLodge (20th Century) · 853 yd
A' ChleitHeadland · 1145 yd
An SgùrrMountain / peak · 1198 yd
Eigg, Clanranald HarbourHarbour (18th Century), Slipway(s) (20th Century) · 1282 yd
Galmisdale PointHeadland · 1526 yd
Eilean ChathastailIslet · 1.1 mi
Poll nam PartanBeach / strand · 1.1 mi
Flod SgeirIslet · 1.1 mi
Cora-bheinnMountain / peak · 1.3 mi