What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Eigg, Laig as Cairn (prehistoric), Axehead (porcellanite)(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 cairn; its significance lies in its association with early prehistoric burial and ritual practices in the Scottish Outer Hebrides.
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Places near here
Eigg, LaigCairn(s) (period Unknown), Cairn Cemetery (pictish), Enclosure (post Medieval), Field Boundary(s) (period Unknown), Square Cairn(s) (pictish) · 423 yd
Bay of LaigBay · 756 yd
EiggIsland · 819 yd
Eigg War MemorialMemorial · 985 yd
Bidein an TighearnaMountain / peak · 1323 yd
Eigg, CleadaleBuilding (19th Century), Cart Shed (19th Century)(possible), Enclosure (19th Century), Stack Stand(s) (19th Century) · 1440 yd
Old Shop MuseumMuseum · 1.0 mi
Eigg, Howlin HouseFarmhouse (18th Century) · 1.1 mi
Singing SandsBeach / strand · 1.2 mi
Camas SgiotaigBay · 1.2 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Eigg, Public SchoolSchool (period Unassigned), Schoolhouse (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Sgòrr an FharaidhMountain / peak · 1.2 mi