What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hoy, Kingie Lang as Cairn (prehistoric), Cist (bronze Age), Marker Cairn (modern), Mound (period Unknown). 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.
A prehistoric cairn and Bronze Age cist; its multiple phases reflect long-term ritual use in the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods.
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Places near here
Hoy, Scad Head Battery, TramwayTramway (20th Century) · 1072 yd
Water of HoyGrave (20th Century) · 1183 yd
Betty Corrigall's graveMemorial · 1183 yd
Betty Corrigal's graveChurch, cross or graveyard · 1219 yd
Betty Corigall's GraveChurch, cross or graveyard · 1225 yd
Vow RandieMountain / peak · 1258 yd
Lyrawa HillMountain / peak · 1519 yd
Lyrawa BayBay · 1.8 mi
Dwarfie StaneHeritage attraction · 1.8 mi
LyrawaBay · 1.9 mi
SE Ridge of Ward HillMountain or hill · 2.0 mi
SW top of Ward Hill, HoyMountain or hill · 2.2 mi