What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shinness as Cairnfield (period Unassigned), Hut Circle (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 cairnfield and hut circle site, Shinness is significant as evidence of early agricultural settlement and communal burial practices in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
ShinnessBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 109 yd
Shinness LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 1187 yd
West Shinness LodgeNatural Feature (period Unknown) · 1.0 mi
West ShinnessNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
BlairbuieFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Cnoc a' ChoireMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
Eilean a' ChairnIslet · 5.5 mi
The wee hooseHeritage attraction · 5.8 mi
Ferrycroft Visitor CentreMuseum · 5.9 mi
Beinn SgeireachMountain / peak · 6.1 mi
LairgNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 6.7 mi
An Garbh-bhadWood · 7.8 mi