What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Macharioch 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, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It represents an important example of early prehistoric funerary architecture in Scotland.
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Places near here
Macharioch HouseHouse (19th Century) · 128 yd
Macharioch House, Lodge and GatesGate(s) (19th Century), Gate Lodge (19th Century) (1874), Gate Pier (19th Century) · 315 yd
Macharioch FarmBarrow (period Unassigned), Pit(s) (period Unassigned)(possible), Track (period Unassigned) · 319 yd
GlenehervieFort (later Prehistoric) · 1760 yd
Sheep IslandIsland · 2.3 mi
Southend War MemorialMemorial · 2.9 mi
Paterson's RockIslet · 3.1 mi
Charlemagne: Johnston's Point, Feochaig, Kintyre, Firth of ClydeShip (19th Century) · 3.1 mi
Dunaverty Memorial Burial EnclosureArchaeological place · 3.1 mi
Gartloskan HillMountain / peak · 3.5 mi
'St. Columba's Footprints'Heritage attraction · 4.1 mi
Keil CaveCave (period Unassigned), Occupation Site (late Iron Age) - (medieval), Bead(s) (early Medieval), Comb (roman), Penannular Brooch (early Medieval), Pin(s) (early Medieval), Slag (early Medieval), Unidentified Pottery (roman) · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0