What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eigg, Galmisdale as Cairn (bronze Age), Cist (bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age cairn and cist. The site represents a burial monument significant for understanding early funerary practices in the Scottish Outer Hebrides.
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Places near here
Eigg, Eigg LodgeLodge (20th Century) · 164 yd
Eigg, Galmisdale BayFlake (flint)(period Unassigned), Scraper (tool) (flint)(period Unassigned)(possible) · 377 yd
Eigg, Clanranald HarbourHarbour (18th Century), Slipway(s) (20th Century) · 390 yd
Eigg, GalmisdaleCairn(s) (prehistoric), Cist (prehistoric) · 471 yd
A' ChleitHeadland · 562 yd
Galmisdale PointHeadland · 732 yd
Uamh FhraingCave · 831 yd
Flod SgeirIslet · 1087 yd
Poll nam PartanBeach / strand · 1165 yd
Garbh SgeirIslet · 1175 yd
An SgùrrMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Old Shop MuseumMuseum · 1.5 miOther information
Photo: Chris Morgan · CC BY-SA 2.0