What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairnholy as Cultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Farm (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.
Cairnholy is a Neolithic chambered cairn complex located in the Orkney Islands, dating to the 3rd millennium BCE. It is significant as an early example of ceremonial and funerary architecture in the Neolithic heartland of Scotland.
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Places near here
Cairnholy 1Archaeological place · 215 yd
Cairnholy 2Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cup and Ring Marked Stone (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Arrowhead (prehistoric), Axehead (jadeite)(period Unassigned), Pot(s) (pottery)(neolithic) · 223 yd
KirkdaleFarmstead (period Unassigned), Stable(s) (period Unassigned) · 780 yd
KirkmuirFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 826 yd
Carsluith CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.5 mi
Ben JohnMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Garvellan RocksIslet · 2.6 mi
Fleet BayBay · 3.2 mi
Jean: Innerwell Point, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthCraft (19th Century) · 3.7 mi
Wigtown SandsBeach / strand · 4.0 mi
Rough Point WoodForest · 4.1 mi
Emma Laura: Carrick Point, Wigtown Bay, Solway FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 4.1 miOther information
Photo: Peter Mackenzie · CC BY-SA 2.0