What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Papa Stronsay, Earl's Knoll as Long Cairn (neolithic), Windmill (post Medieval). 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.
Neolithic long cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as a rare and well-preserved example of early prehistoric funerary architecture in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Papa StronsayMan-made underground passage (prehistoric)(possible) · 293 yd
Papa Stronsay, PierPier (post Medieval) · 302 yd
Stronsay, Lower Whitehall, Pier and SlipwayPier (post Medieval), Slipway (post Medieval) · 613 yd
Stronsay, Grice Ness, Cutter's TuoChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 900 yd
Grice NessHeadland · 1083 yd
StronsayIsland · 2.4 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 4.0 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 4.3 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 4.4 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 4.7 mi
Bay of BomastyBay · 4.7 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.9 mi