What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Markstone Moss as Cairn (period Unassigned), Stone Setting(s) (neolithic) - (bronze Age). 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 stone setting, possibly dating to the late Neolithic or early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in its potential association with ritual or funerary practices in the prehistoric landscape of Scotland.
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Places near here
'sir Hugh's Seat'Cairn (period Unassigned) · 837 yd
Heathery HowesEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 897 yd
NetherbuttonFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1250 yd
Gaitnip HillMountain / peak · 1303 yd
MidhouseSearchlight Emplacement (20th Century) · 1.3 mi
HMS Royal OakWreck · 1.7 mi
Captain EE Fresson MemorialMemorial · 1.9 mi
La Gaviota: Scapa Bay, Scapa Flow, OrkneyYacht (20th Century)-(1975) · 2.1 mi
HMS Royal Oak Memorial DisplayMuseum · 2.1 mi
HMS Royal Oak Memorial StoneMemorial · 2.1 mi
Control Tower at Kirkwall AirportCastle, fort or tower · 2.2 mi
Inganess beachBeach / strand · 2.2 mi