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Grista

Chambered Cairn (neolithic)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Grista 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 4th to 3rd millennium BCE. Such tombs are significant as early communal burial sites and reflect the complex social and ritual practices of Neolithic Scotland.

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