What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Monach Islands, Ceann Ear as Cist(s) (early Bronze Age), Cremation (early Bronze Age), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(early Bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Bronze Age cist burial; significant as part of a wider pattern of early funerary practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Rubha nam MarbhHeadland · 806 yd
Monach Islands, SchoolSchool (19th Century) · 889 yd
Cnoc BharrMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Beach on Ceann IarBeach · 2.1 mi
Shillay beachBeach · 2.9 mi
Monach Islands, Shillay, Monach Lighthouse, Keeper's CottageLighthouse Keepers House (19th Century) · 2.9 mi
Rubha Port ScolpaigHeadland · 5.6 mi
Traigh IarField Boundary (post Medieval) · 6.0 mi
Traigh Nam FaoghaileanHuman Remains (period Unassigned) · 6.5 mi
RSPB Balranald Visitor CentreVisitor information · 6.8 mi