What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lewis, Bhaltos, Cnip as Barrow (early Bronze Age)(possible), Cemetery (viking), Cist (early Bronze Age), Inhumation(s) (viking), Inhumation (early Bronze Age), Bead(s) (amber)(viking), Pin (bone)(viking), Vessel (pottery)(early Bronze Age). 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.
Early Bronze Age barrow and cist, with later Viking inhumations; indicates long-term use of the site for burial practices in the Norse Atlantic region.
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Places near here
Traigh Na BeirighShell Midden (mesolithic) · 118 yd
The beach at CnipBeach · 172 yd
Traigh Na BerieWall (period Unassigned) · 338 yd
Riof BeachBeach · 357 yd
Lewis, Kneep, Loch Na CuilcBlackhouse(s) (post Medieval), Enclosure(s) (period Unassigned) · 576 yd
Lewis, Traigh Na BerieGeneral View (period Unassigned) · 885 yd
Cemetery west of ValtosChurch, cross or graveyard · 1169 yd
Pabaigh MòrIsland · 1741 yd
Low hill, RiofMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Waterfall in Gleann BhaltoisWaterfall · 2.2 mi
CairisiadarMountain / peak · 2.2 mi