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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Places near here
Loch of GriestaStructure (period Unassigned) · 240 yd
GriestaBurnt Mound(s) (prehistoric) · 459 yd
Hill of GriestaMountain / peak · 473 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1226 yd
TingwallVisitor information · 1317 yd
Setter HillMountain / peak · 1433 yd
Tingwall, Nesbister Point, Bod of NesbisterFishing Bothy (19th Century) · 1.0 mi
Holm of SetterIslet · 1.0 mi
Hoove holmIslet · 1.1 mi
Vatna PundField Boundary (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Guiding Star: Usta Ness, White Ness, AtlanticSmack (20th Century) · 2.4 mi
Dales VoeBay · 2.6 mi