What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Swordly as Cairn (period Unassigned), Cist (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.
A Neolithic cairn and cist, likely dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). These features are significant as they represent early funerary and ritual practices in the Scottish landscape.
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Places near here
KirtomyPictish Symbol Stone (pictish) · 385 yd
Swordly BurnQuarry (period Unassigned) · 924 yd
Loch SalachaidhField Boundary(s) (period Unassigned) · 1079 yd
Bettyhill ViewpointViewpoint · 1109 yd
Loch MeadieVisitor information · 1118 yd
Borve CastleCairnfield (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1.3 mi
Àrd BeagHeadland · 2.0 mi
Farr BayBay · 2.1 mi
Torrisdale beachBeach / strand · 3.1 mi
John Randolph (fore Part): Torrisdale Bay, AtlanticLiberty Ship (20th Century)-(1952), Steamship (20th Century)-(1952) · 3.7 mi
Stac an FhamhairIslet · 4.7 mi
Cnoc a' BhothainMountain / peak · 6.0 mi