What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Crantit as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation(s) (bronze Age), Basket (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn with later Bronze Age additions including cists and cremations; it reflects continuity of sacred landscape use from the 4th to the 2nd millennium BCE. Its multi-period character highlights evolving funerary practices in early Scottish society.
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Places near here
CrantitCist(s) (early Bronze Age), Cremation(s) (early Bronze Age), Inhumation (early Bronze Age), Mace (antler)(early Bronze Age), Unidentified Object (copper Alloy)(early Bronze Age) · 209 yd
Turnoff to Scapa BeachBeach · 595 yd
Tofts FarmBroch (iron Age) · 620 yd
KirkwallNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 804 yd
Orkney, KirkwallNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 804 yd
Kirkwall harbour from the CathedralHeritage place · 938 yd
Walliwall QuarryQuarry (period Unassigned) · 999 yd
Scapa Beach and the re-furbished Scapa DistilleryBeach · 1085 yd
Highland Park DistilleryHeritage attraction · 1269 yd
Squadron Commander Edwin Dunning MemorialMemorial · 1390 yd
HMS Royal Oak Memorial StoneMemorial · 1399 yd
HMS Royal Oak Memorial DisplayMuseum · 1414 ydOther information
Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0