What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Oronsay, Rubha Caol as Cairn(s) (period Unknown), Field Boundary(s) (period Unknown), Kelp Kiln (post 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 Neolithic cairn; significant as part of the early burial and ritual landscape of the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
OronsayFindspot (period Unknown), Lithic Implement (stone)(prehistoric) · 1135 yd
Eilean Nan RonGrave(s) (late 19th Century) · 1555 yd
Oronsay, Seal CottageCottage (post Medieval) · 1.1 mi
Oronsay, Oronsay FarmFarmstead (post Medieval), Threshing Machine (post Medieval) · 1.2 mi
Oronsay PrioryHeritage attraction · 1.2 mi
Port na h-AthaBay · 1.2 mi
Eilean GhaoideamalIsland · 1.3 mi
Beinn OronsayMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Leaba MhòrMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Rubha Àird SgeinisHeadland · 2.6 mi
Tràigh nam BàrcBeach / strand · 2.7 mi
Queen's Bay / Loch StaosnaigBeach / strand · 4.7 mi