What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records North Uist, Otternish, Rubh' A' Charnain Mhor as Cairn (viking), Human Remains (period Unassigned), Ship Burial (viking)(possible), Rivet(s) (iron)(viking). 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.
Viking cairn and possible ship burial; dates to the early medieval period and represents a rare example of Norse funerary practice in the Western Isles.
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Places near here
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BernerayBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned) · 768 yd
Old Harbour Wall, BernerayHeritage place · 814 yd
Loch nam BanBay · 907 yd
North Uist-berneray CausewayCauseway (period Unassigned) · 916 yd
Causeway between North Uist and Bearnaraigh and memorial stoneStanding or carved stone · 1056 yd
Beinn a' ChaolaisMountain / peak · 1058 yd
Eilean an DunainIslet · 1219 yd
Angus Macaskill memorialHeritage place · 1232 yd
Beach leading to Eilean an DunainBeach · 1243 yd
Ccauseway Opening Commemoration StoneMemorial · 1333 yd
Eilean FuamIslet · 1337 yd