What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Uist, Cnoc Na File, North Uist as Long Cairn (neolithic), Shieling Hut(s) (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic long cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the broader pattern of megalithic funerary monuments in the Western Isles, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in Atlantic Scotland.
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Places near here
North Uist, Cnoc Na FileEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 94 yd
North Uist, Ceann Airigh An ObainBlackhouse (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Sheep by an old croft houseOld home or work place · 1.2 mi
SidinishBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Tidal island in Loch EuphortIsland · 1.5 mi
Beinn na CoilleMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Eilean LeathannIslet · 1.9 mi
EabhalMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Òb a' GhibhteBay · 2.1 mi
Loch LangaisBay · 2.3 mi
Beach at the south east of Loch ObasaraighBeach · 2.6 mi
Sandy beach below EabhalBeach · 2.6 mi