What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Freswick as Chambered Cairn (neolithic)(possible), Cremation (prehistoric). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. 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 part of the broader pattern of Neolithic funerary and ceremonial monuments in Scotland.
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Places near here
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Freswick BayLanding Point (period Unassigned) · 986 yd
Freswick, Freswick BayAnti Tank Blocks (20th Century), Road Block (20th Century) · 1187 yd
Freswick, MidtownMidden (period Unassigned), Hammerstone (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.0 mi
Bucholly CastleCastle (medieval), Field Boundary(s) (period Unassigned), Midden (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Long GeoBay · 1.9 mi
Canisbay Parish War MemorialMemorial · 3.4 mi
Old Keiss CastleCastle (medieval) · 3.4 mi
Great Stack of DuncansbyIsland · 3.6 mi
Ha' of DuncansbyBattle Site (period Unknown)(possible), Burial Ground (norse)(possible), Axehead (flint)(period Unassigned) · 3.9 mi
John o' Groats Tourist InformationVisitor information · 4.0 mi
The nomadic boulders of John O'GroatsVisitor information · 4.0 miOther information
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