What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Covesea as Cairn (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.
Covesea is a Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of early prehistoric monuments in the Moray Firth area, reflecting complex funerary and ritual practices of the time.
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Places near here
Covesea QuarryQuarry (post Medieval) · 16 yd
CoveseaCairn (prehistoric) · 156 yd
Clashach QuarryBuilding(s) (19th Century), Cave (nil Antiquity), Graffiti(s) (19th Century) · 716 yd
Burnside, DovecotDovecot (period Unassigned) · 823 yd
Clasach CoveCave · 1020 yd
PlewlandsBuilding (period Unassigned), Cropmark(s) (period Unknown), Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned), Rig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1226 yd
Duffus CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
East BeachBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Gordonstoun HouseCountry House (17th Century), School (20th Century), Tower House (medieval) · 1.3 mi
GordonstounNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Hopeman War MemorialMemorial · 1.6 mi
West BeachBeach / strand · 1.6 miOther information
Photo: Alan Hodgson · CC BY-SA 2.0