What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Ronaldsay, Dennis Ness as Cairn (prehistoric), Cist (prehistoric), Dyke(s) (prehistoric). 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 cairn and cist, dating to the 3rd–2nd millennium BCE, indicating early burial and ritual practices in Orkney's prehistoric landscape.
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Places near here
Dennis Ness, North RonaldsayNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 323 yd
North Ronaldsay lighthouse and communications towerCastle, fort or tower · 325 yd
North Ronaldsay, Dennis Ness, Lighthouse Keeper's CottagesLighthouse Keepers House(s) (19th Century) · 339 yd
North Ronaldsay LighthouseLighthouse · 345 yd
North Ronaldsay, Trolla VatnEnclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Structure(s) (period Unassigned) · 416 yd
North Ronaldsay, Dennis LochBollard(s) (period Unknown), Stone Setting(s) (neolithic) - (bronze Age)(possible) · 419 yd
Bay of Ires TaingBay · 943 yd
Garso WickBay · 1576 yd
Derek Taylor and Garry Leaburn MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
North RonaldsayIsland · 1.7 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Bride's Ness beach, North RonaldsayBeach · 2.6 miOther information
Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0