What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Spur Ness as Chambered Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Settlement (prehistoric)(possible). 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.
Chambered cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic period; such tombs were used for communal burial and reflect early ceremonial and social practices in Orkney.
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Places near here
Spurness WindfarmSettlement (prehistoric)(possible) · 376 yd
Sanday, StoveChambered Tomb (neolithic) · 696 yd
Bay of StoveBay · 734 yd
Electricity sub-stationHeritage place · 1125 yd
Sanday, BraeswickFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.7 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 1.7 mi
Mu Geos and Castle Rock from the SeaCastle, fort or tower · 2.0 mi
Hill of Bomo, EdayMountain or hill · 2.5 mi
Stennie HillMountain / peak · 2.7 mi
Backaland BayBay · 3.3 mi