What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ord Burn as Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric). 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 hut circle complex; significant as an indicator of early agrarian settlement in upland Scotland.
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Places near here
Ord of Caithness, Coastguard Lookout PostCoastguard Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 404 yd
NavidaleHut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 415 yd
Allt BristeBuilding(s) (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 523 yd
Navidale Farm, Coastguard StationCoastguard Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 567 yd
William Welch's MemorialMemorial · 1003 yd
Creag ThoraraidhMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Cnoc Coir a' PhuillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Helmsdale CastleTower House (medieval) · 2.0 mi
The EmigrantsMemorial · 2.0 mi
Shore of GartymoreBeach / strand · 2.7 mi
Langwell CastleCastle (medieval) · 5.2 mi
Torr MorNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 8.0 miOther information
Photo: David Bremner · CC BY-SA 2.0