
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Heilia Water 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 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
Robert Tait's HillMountain / peak · 376 yd
Merki BurnCairn (period Unassigned) · 1051 yd
Bridge of WallsClearance Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Field System(s) (period Unassigned), House(s) (period Unassigned) · 1302 yd
Brace BurnDam(s) (period Unassigned), Wall(s) (period Unassigned) · 1498 yd
Upper Loch of BrousterBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1665 yd
Twatt HillMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Voe of SnarranessBay · 2.9 mi
Galta StackIslet · 3.0 mi
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 3.0 mi
Effirth VoeBay · 3.3 mi
Holm of BurrastowIslet · 4.5 miOther information
Photo: David Nicolson · CC BY-SA 2.0