What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, An Doirlinn as Cairn (period Unassigned), Lazy Beds (post Medieval), Mound(s) (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; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial and ritual practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Canna, the Square, Roman Catholic ChapelChapel (20th Century) (1963), Smithy (late 19th Century) - (20th Century)-(1963) · 494 yd
Canna, Post Office and Telephone BoxPost Office (19th Century) - (20th Century), Telephone Box (20th Century) · 645 yd
Canna, A' ChillStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 693 yd
Canna, TighardHouse (period Unassigned) · 893 yd
TallabricMountain / peak · 947 yd
Canna HarbourBay · 948 yd
Coroghon CastleCastle · 1499 yd
AlmanIslet · 1517 yd
Carn a' GhaillMountain / peak · 1632 yd
Tarbert BayBay · 1.4 mi
CannaIsland · 1.5 mi
Rum, ShellesderCave (nil Antiquity), Midden (prehistoric) · 4.1 mi