What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Walls, Cantick Head as Barrow (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cist (early Bronze Age), Cremation (early Bronze Age), Inhumation (early Bronze Age), Food Vessel Urn (early Bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age barrow and burial cists, dating to the Early to Bronze Age. The site is significant as a burial complex reflecting funerary practices of the period in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
South Walls, Cantick HeadBarrow (prehistoric) · 297 yd
Cantick HeadUnidentified Object (period Unassigned) · 716 yd
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South Walls, Cantick Head, Lighthouse Keepers' CottagesLighthouse Keepers House(s) (19th Century) · 782 yd
Booth with Kirkhope Cemetery beyondChurch, cross or graveyard · 881 yd
R.N. Graves Kirkhope CemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 895 yd
Hackness Martello TowerHeritage attraction · 1.4 mi
24 pound gun on Martello TowerCastle, fort or tower · 1.4 mi
Martello TowerCastle, fort or tower · 1.5 mi
The BatteryHeritage attraction · 1.5 mi
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