What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Graemsay, Sandside as Long Cist (early Medieval). 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.
Long cist; early Medieval. A small stone burial chamber, typical of the early Medieval period in northern Britain, often used for inhumation burials.
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Places near here
Graemsay, SandsideMill Pond (post Medieval) · 179 yd
Hoy High lighthouse taken from the Point of NessHeritage place · 259 yd
Graemsay, HavelandBoathouse(s) (post Medieval), Slipway (post Medieval) · 1002 yd
West HillMountain / peak · 1453 yd
Graemsay, Fulzie GeoKelp Pit (post Medieval), Kelp Working Site (post Medieval) · 1.0 mi
Albion: Point of Oxan, Graemsay, Hoy Sound, OrkneyShip (19th Century) · 1.3 mi
Inner HolmIslet · 1.7 mi
Logins WellMemorial · 1.7 mi
Telephone box outside Stromness MuseumHeritage place · 1.8 mi
Stromness MuseumMuseum · 1.8 mi
Bay of CreeklandBay · 1.8 mi
Alexander Graham FountainMemorial · 2.1 miOther information
Photo: Claire Pegrum · CC BY-SA 2.0