What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Newbigging as Cist (early Bronze Age), Cremation (early Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (steatite)(early Bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Early Bronze Age cist tomb, associated with cremation burial and a steatite cinerary urn. It represents a typical funerary practice of the period in northern Britain.
The historic-place record does not grant public access. Check current conditions and ownership before entering land or a building.
Places near here
Orquil FarmMan-made underground passage (prehistoric) · 393 yd
Walliwall QuarryQuarry (period Unassigned) · 521 yd
Tofts FarmBroch (iron Age) · 986 yd
Turnoff to Scapa BeachBeach · 1237 yd
Scapa DistilleryBuilding(s) (period Unassigned) · 1419 yd
Scapa Beach and the re-furbished Scapa DistilleryBeach · 1533 yd
Orkney, KirkwallNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Glenlee and Wideford HillMountain or hill · 1.2 mi
Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
Grain Earth HouseVisitor information · 1.2 mi
HMS Royal Oak Memorial StoneMemorial · 1.2 mi
HMS Royal Oak Memorial DisplayMuseum · 1.2 mi