Sanday, Spur Ness

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Spur Ness as Barrow(s) (bronze Age)(possible), Burial Cairn (bronze Age), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation(s) (bronze Age), Cinerary Vessel (steatite)(bronze Age). 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.

Bronze Age burial cairn with associated cists and cremations, likely dating to the late second millennium BCE. Its significance lies in the presence of steatite cinerary vessels, which are rare and indicate high-status funerary practices in the Orkney region.