
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Greenland 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). Such tombs are significant as they represent some of the earliest communal burial monuments in Scotland, reflecting complex social structures and ritual practices of prehistoric communities.
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Places near here
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Low PeninverBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1680 yd
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Thorn IsleIslet · 2.0 mi
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East SkeroblingarryNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 mi
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