What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skaill as Cist(s) (early Bronze Age), Cremation(s) (early Bronze Age), Arrowhead(s) (flint)(early Bronze Age), Axehead(s) (stone)(early 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.
Early Bronze Age cist tomb, associated with cremation burials and flint arrowheads. Significance lies in its contribution to understanding burial practices and material culture of early Bronze Age communities in Orkney.
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Places near here
Nearhouse HillMound(s) (period Unassigned) · 473 yd
SkaillCist (bronze Age), Inhumation(s) (bronze Age) · 720 yd
ScowsFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1009 yd
Burn of NaversdaleBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1594 yd
Hill of LyradaleMountain / peak · 1620 yd
Climbing Hill of LyradaleMountain or hill · 1.0 mi
Mid HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Holm of GroundwaterIslet · 1.4 mi
Hoy Sound from Mid HillMountain or hill · 1.7 mi
Cemetery, FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 2.3 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.5 mi
Beach at Waulkmill BayBeach · 2.5 mi