What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lyking as Cist (early Bronze Age), Inhumation (early Bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (steatite)(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 and inhumation burial with a steatite cinerary urn. This site represents a typical funerary practice of the period, reflecting early ceremonial and burial customs in Scotland.
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Places near here
LykingChapel (medieval), Midden (period Unknown), Pot (neolithic) · 488 yd
SkithvaStructure(s) (period Unassigned) · 986 yd
LaithFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1671 yd
Anvil CottageBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Sand HolmIslet · 1.7 mi
Ring of BrodgarHenge (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Rune Inscribed Stone (norse), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 2.0 mi
Kier FioldMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Unstan CairnHeritage attraction · 2.5 mi
Peerie HillMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Brig O' WaitheNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.7 mi
Skara Brae Visitor CentreVisitor information · 3.0 mi
Beach by Skara Brae showing an Alternative ArchaeologyBeach · 3.2 mi