What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Barra, South Vatersay 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.
A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the Late Neolithic period (c. 2500–2000 BCE). Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of burial and ritual practices in the Outer Hebrides during the Neolithic era.
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Places near here
VatersayDun (prehistoric), Hammerstone(s) (prehistoric), Unidentified Pottery (period Unassigned) · 250 yd
Sloc MhàrtuinBay · 313 yd
Sloc a' ChìreinHeadland · 570 yd
Beinn RuilibreacMountain / peak · 593 yd
Tràigh SiarBeach / strand · 749 yd
Vatersay, VatersayBurial Ground (period Unassigned), Township (period Unassigned) · 774 yd
Vatersay, CroftBuilding (period Unassigned) · 863 yd
Annie Jane memorialHeritage place · 958 yd
Annie Jane MonumentMemorial · 966 yd
Beach at BhatarsaighBeach · 1037 yd
Community Hall, VatersayHeritage place · 1309 yd
Main Roads Island StyleIsland · 1510 yd