What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Embo as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It represents a significant type of funerary and ceremonial monument associated with early farming communities in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Embo, Grannie's Heilan' HameNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 471 yd,_Highland_(geograph_4419816).jpg?width=1280)
Embo, StationRailway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 508 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Embo HouseCastle (medieval)(possible), House (period Unassigned) · 1056 yd
Embo BeachBeach / strand · 1380 yd
HiltonClearance Cairn (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Embo MuirFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Fourpenny PlantationForest · 1.6 mi
Dornoch, Earl's CrossCross (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Gallows HillVisitor information · 1.8 mi
Earl's Cross WoodWood · 1.8 mi
Little FerryNo Class (event) (21st Century) (2007) · 2.0 mi
Skelbo CastleCastle (14th Century), House (17th Century), Motte and Bailey (medieval) · 2.2 mi