What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Johnshaven as Long Cist(s) (early 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.
Early Medieval long cist; a simple stone burial chamber, significant as a rare surviving example of early Christian funerary architecture in an otherwise poorly documented regional context.
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Places near here
Johnshaven, New RoadFlax Mill (19th Century) - (20th Century), Spinning Mill (19th Century), Weaving Mill (19th Century) · 272 yd
Johnshaven Harbour, North-east PierPier (post Medieval) · 373 yd
The Lifeboat HouseMuseum · 378 yd
Johnshaven Harbour, SlipwaySlipway (post Medieval) · 409 yd
Johnshaven War MemorialMemorial · 415 yd
East Long SkellyNamed rock · 603 yd
Girdle RockNamed rock · 673 yd
East Walk PlantationWood · 1435 yd
Cove HillCist(s) (bronze Age) · 1.1 mi
Cloch HillMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Boghead WoodWood · 1.3 mi
Speculation: Point O' Bard, Benholm, North SeaBrig (19th Century) · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0