What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Orkney, Cuween Hill as Marker Cairn(s) (20th Century). 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 chambered cairn, dating to approximately 2500–2000 BCE, significant as one of the few known tombs in Orkney with evidence of human remains and grave goods, providing insight into early funerary practices in the region.
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Places near here
Cuween HillAnimal Burial(s) (late Neolithic), Chambered Cairn (late Neolithic), Inhumation(s) (late Neolithic) · 70 yd
StoneyhallFarmstead (period Unassigned)(possible) · 182 yd
StonehallBuilding (period Unassigned) · 270 yd
Grimbister from Cuween HillMountain or hill · 295 yd
Hill of HeddleBarrow(s) (prehistoric) · 645 yd
Cemetery, FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 883 yd
Houses on Heddle HillMountain or hill · 1079 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1093 yd
The OuseBay · 1758 yd
Hill of LyradaleMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Keelylang HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
BurnessNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.5 miOther information
Photo: Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0