What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Mealista as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
A Neolithic chambered cairn, Mealista is significant as part of the early funerary and ritual landscape of Orkney, reflecting the island's role in Neolithic society.
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Places near here
Buaile FainisCellular Building (period Unassigned) · 105 yd
Bridge over the Allt HatasayHeritage place · 203 yd
Small beach at Mol TiacanaisBeach · 209 yd
Sgeir IsgeanIslet · 246 yd
Rocky Beach and SlipwayBeach · 489 yd
Cairn on Rubha Buaile LinnisAncient tomb or cairn · 663 yd
GreineamIslet · 1228 yd
TaireabhalMountain / peak · 1554 yd
BrenishEnclosure (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Waterfall on Abhainn BhreanaisWaterfall · 1.1 mi
GriomabhalMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Rubha LoisgteHeadland · 2.9 mi