What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as one of the best-preserved examples of Orkney's prehistoric tombs and provides insight into early ceremonial and burial practices in the region.
Places near here
Midhowe Chambered Cairn - 3,500 BCArchaeological place · 122 yd
Rousay, MidhoweChambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (neolithic) - (early Bronze Age) · 123 yd
Church remains by Geo of SkaillChurch, cross or graveyard · 307 yd
Rousay, SkaillFarmstead (post Medieval), Hall House (norse), Kiln Barn (post Medieval) · 352 yd
Arch and cave by Scabra Head, RousayCave · 1342 yd
Landing Beach marker cairnsBeach · 1.0 mi
Twelve hour tower on RousayCastle, fort or tower · 1.3 mi
RousayIsland · 2.3 mi
The BurrianIslet · 2.3 mi
Sinclair's HillMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Evie, PierNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.4 mi
Beach at EvieBeach · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Rob Burke · CC BY-SA 2.0