What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Colonsay, Machrins as Burial (viking)(possible), Long Cist (early Medieval), Settlement (early Medieval), Animal Remains (iron)(early Medieval), Knife(s) (early Medieval), Saddle Quern (early Medieval). 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.
A possible Viking burial with an early Medieval long cist; associated with settlement and artefacts indicating Iron Age to early Medieval activity.
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Places near here
Colonsay AirfieldAirfield (20th Century) · 249 yd
Colonsay, MachrinsFindspot (20th Century), Pin (norse) · 470 yd
Tobar FuarArchaeological place · 587 yd
Port LobhBay · 982 yd
Colonsay, Machrins FarmFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1099 yd
Beinn nan CaorachMountain / peak · 1179 yd
Port MòrBay · 1601 yd
Lower KilchattanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Tràigh nam BàrcBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Càrn MòrMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Lord Colonsay MonumentMemorial · 2.0 mi
Queen's Bay / Loch StaosnaigBeach / strand · 2.1 mi