What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay 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. Rousay is significant as part of a broader pattern of early funerary practices in Orkney, reflecting the region's rich Neolithic and Bronze Age heritage.
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Places near here
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 232 yd
Knitchen HillMountain / peak · 982 yd
Rousay, Knitchen HillCairn (prehistoric) · 1068 yd
Rousay, Green HillFarmstead (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval)(possible) · 1367 yd
Highland Cattle below Green HillMountain or hill · 1558 yd
Blackhammer CairnArchaeological place · 1640 yd
Trumland House Wood, RousayForest or wood · 1706 yd
Trumland House LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Wyre from southern flank of Knitchen HillMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Rousay Heritage CentreMuseum · 1.4 mi