What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Ronaldsay, Isbister as Animal Burial(s) (neolithic), Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (bronze Age), Inhumation(s) (neolithic), Necklace (shell)(neolithic), Necklace (bone)(neolithic), Pin(s) (bone)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn and animal burials, dating to the 4th–3rd millennia BCE, with later Bronze Age additions. The site is significant for its multiple phases of use and the presence of shell necklaces, indicating early symbolic or ritual practices in Orkney.
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Places near here
Tomb of the Eagles/Isbister Chambered TombArchaeological place · 7 yd
Entering the Tomb of the EaglesAncient tomb or cairn · 31 yd
Ancient house at LiddleOld home or work place · 574 yd
South Ronaldsay, Liddel, Liddel Farm and MuseumFarmstead (period Unassigned), Museum (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1139 yd
Gloup of HalcroCave · 1216 yd
Museum at Liddle FarmHeritage place · 1242 yd
Gairy HillMountain / peak · 1248 yd
Cemetery at FlawsChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.0 mi
HMS Narborough and HMS OpalMemorial · 1.7 mi
Beach, Wind WickBeach · 1.8 mi
The lookout tower on Brough NessCastle, fort or tower · 1.8 mi
Olav's WoodWood · 1.9 mi