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North Uist, Otternish, Rubh' A' Charnain Mhor

Cairn (viking), Human Remains (period Unassigned), Ship Burial (viking)(possible), Rivet(s) (iron)(viking)

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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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