What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oronsay, Cnoc An Aoraidh as Coffin Cairn(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.
Coffin cairn; post-Medieval period. Its significance lies in its association with later funerary practices in the Orkney Islands, reflecting regional traditions of reusing and adapting earlier megalithic sites.
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Places near here
Beinn OronsayMountain / peak · 989 yd
Leaba MhòrMountain / peak · 1016 yd
Oronsay PrioryHeritage attraction · 1186 yd
Oronsay, Oronsay PrioryBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church(s) (medieval), Grave Slab(s) (medieval), Priory (medieval) · 1191 yd
Oronsay, Oronsay FarmFarmstead (post Medieval), Threshing Machine (post Medieval) · 1248 yd
Port na h-AthaBay · 1251 yd
Oronsay, Seal CottageCottage (post Medieval) · 1269 yd
Colonsay, the StrandSanctuary Marker(s) (medieval) · 1540 yd
Tràigh nam BàrcBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Eilean GhaoideamalIsland · 1.4 mi
Port a' ChapuillBay · 1.5 mi
Queen's Bay / Loch StaosnaigBeach / strand · 3.1 mi