What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Roughly 30 meters high, Cuween Hill in Orkney is part of a volcanic formation dating back to the Mesozoic era. It is historically significant as the location of the Cuween Hill Chambered Tomb, one of the best-preserved Neolithic tombs in Scotland.
Places near here
StoneyhallFarmstead (period Unassigned)(possible) · 164 yd
StonehallBuilding (period Unassigned) · 239 yd
Orkney, Cuween HillMarker Cairn(s) (20th Century) · 295 yd
Cuween HillAnimal Burial(s) (late Neolithic), Chambered Cairn (late Neolithic), Inhumation(s) (late Neolithic) · 307 yd
Cemetery, FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 1174 yd
Houses on Heddle HillMountain or hill · 1373 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1379 yd
Down Heddle HillMountain or hill · 1436 yd
Hill of LyradaleMountain / peak · 1626 yd
The OuseBay · 1.2 mi
Keelylang HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
BurnessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: David Wyatt · CC BY-SA 2.0