What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mealista as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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 Neolithic chambered cairn, Mealista is significant as part of the early funerary and ritual landscape of Orkney, reflecting the island's role in Neolithic society.

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