What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sands of Forvie as Kerb Cairn(s) (prehistoric), Quern (period Unassigned), Slag (iron)(period Unassigned), Unidentified Pottery (period Unassigned). 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.
Kerb cairn, Neolithic period. The site is significant as part of the broader Forvie Heritage Site, which includes a range of prehistoric features and is one of the best-preserved Neolithic landscapes in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Forvie National Nature ReserveNature reserve · 466 yd
ForvieMidden (period Unassigned), Unidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 504 yd
Forvie ChurchChurch (medieval), Midden (medieval), Village (medieval), Pin (bronze)(14th Century), Spindle Whorl(s) (medieval), Unidentified Pottery (medieval) · 982 yd
Newburgh, New Waterside BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1077 yd
Newburgh, Main Street, OceanlabLaboratory (modern), University (period Unassigned) · 1281 yd
Newburgh, Inch RoadNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1388 yd
Hackley BayBeach / strand · 1.0 mi
Alexander: Hackley Head, North SeaSloop (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Knockhall CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.1 mi
Forvie National Nature Reserve Visitor CentreMuseum · 2.0 mi
Cransdale Vantage PointViewpoint · 2.3 mi
Memorial BridgeMemorial · 2.4 miOther information
Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0