
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Greenigoe as Cist (bronze Age), Inhumation (bronze Age), Bead(s) (faience)(bronze Age), Bead(s) (amber)(bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age cist burial, containing inhumation and grave goods including faience and amber beads. This site is significant as it reflects burial practices and long-distance trade connections during the Bronze Age in Scotland.
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Places near here
Greenigoe HouseOld home or work place · 209 yd
HobbisterDyke(s) (period Unassigned), Mound(s) (period Unassigned), Structure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 1387 yd
TwartquoySearchlight Emplacement (second World War) · 1549 yd
FoveranCist (prehistoric) · 1582 yd
Glenlee and Wideford HillMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Hobbister HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Scapa BayBay · 1.5 mi
Burrey BraeMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
William: Waulkmill Bay, Scapa Flow, OrkneySchooner (19th Century) · 1.7 mi
Beach at Waulkmill BayBeach · 1.9 mi
Scapa beachBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
HMS Royal OakWreck · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0