What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oronsay, Druim Mor as Cairnfield (prehistoric), Hut Circle (prehistoric). 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 cairnfield and hut circle, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, representing early agricultural settlement and communal burial practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
OronsayFindspot (period Unknown), Lithic Implement (stone)(prehistoric) · 733 yd
Oronsay, Seal CottageCottage (post Medieval) · 1398 yd
Eilean Nan RonBuilding (post Medieval) · 1599 yd
Port na h-AthaBay · 1631 yd
Oronsay, Oronsay PrioryBurial Ground (medieval) - (post Medieval), Church(s) (medieval), Grave Slab(s) (medieval), Priory (medieval) · 1740 yd
Oronsay PrioryHeritage attraction · 1743 yd
Eilean GhaoideamalIsland · 1.1 mi
Beinn OronsayMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Leaba MhòrMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Rubha Àird SgeinisHeadland · 2.4 mi
Tràigh nam BàrcBeach / strand · 2.5 mi
Queen's Bay / Loch StaosnaigBeach / strand · 4.4 mi