What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Glengolly as Cist (period Unassigned), Cinerary Urn (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 cist burial with a cinerary urn; likely dates to the Bronze Age and represents a funerary practice common in Scotland during that period.
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Places near here
GlengollyCist (prehistoric), Beaker (prehistoric) · 325 yd
WhitefieldFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 374 yd
HeathfieldCairn (period Unassigned)(possible) · 898 yd
Geise BurnMill (period Unassigned) · 1135 yd
Thurso, Mount Vernon, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Thurso War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1.7 mi
Britannia: Thurso Bay, Pentland FirthSchooner (19th Century) · 2.0 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 2.3 mi
Cairnmore HillockMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Ben Rannes: Spear Head, Pentland FirthTrawler (20th Century) · 3.7 mi
Brims CastleTower House (medieval) · 5.0 mi