What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Hall of Tankerness as Grave(s) (period Unknown). 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.
Type: Neolithic chambered cairn
Period: Neolithic (circa 3000–2500 BCE)
Significance: The Hall of Tankerness is one of the best-preserved Neolithic chambered cairns in Orkney and is part of a significant prehistoric landscape that includes the nearby Maeshowe and Ness of Brodgar sites.
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Places near here
TankernessArrowhead(s) (flint)(prehistoric), Flake(s) (flint)(prehistoric) · 1 yd
Mill SandNaust(s) (post Medieval) · 782 yd
Tankerness MillGrain Mill (19th Century) · 846 yd
Sheila Fleet Jewellery and ResturantHeritage attraction · 947 yd
Tankerness, St Andrew's KirkChurch (early 19th Century) (1801) · 951 yd
Stem Howe Cemetery, War MemorialCemetery (post Medieval), War Memorial (first World War), War Memorial (second World War) · 1.3 mi
Beach and Deer Sound from DeernessBeach · 1.9 mi
Hangie BayBay · 2.1 mi
Control Tower at Kirkwall AirportCastle, fort or tower · 2.1 mi
Foreshore at end of Halley Beach, DeernessBeach · 2.2 mi
Captain EE Fresson MemorialMemorial · 2.4 mi
Observation Tower, Rerwick HeadCastle, fort or tower · 2.6 miOther information
Photo: Oliver Dixon · CC BY-SA 2.0