What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cairndinnis as Settlement (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic chambered cairn; significant as an early communal burial monument in the Orkney Islands, reflecting the ritual practices of the Neolithic period.
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Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0