What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Leachonich as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (circa 3500–2500 BCE). Such cairns are significant as they represent early communal burial and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
GarbadFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 661 yd
RheguileFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 946 yd
Struie HillMountain / peak · 1093 yd
Dounie WoodHut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 1354 yd
DounieStanding Stone (prehistoric)(possible) · 1438 yd
Balblair DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
StruieMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Dornoch FirthBay · 2.0 mi
Larachan WoodForest · 2.4 mi
Edderton MainsCastle (medieval)(possible), Fort (period Unknown)(possible), House (post Medieval) · 2.4 mi
Dun CreichCastle (medieval), Fort (prehistoric), Vitrified Stone (prehistoric) · 2.6 mi
Struie WoodForest · 3.3 miOther information
Photo: Sandy MacLennan · CC BY-SA 2.0