What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Quanterness as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cremation (neolithic), Inhumation (neolithic), Roundhouse (iron Age), Bead(s) (lead)(neolithic), Bead (bone)(neolithic), Knife(s) (flint)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(neolithic), Unidentified Pottery (pottery)(i. 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.
Chambered cairn dating to the Neolithic period, Quanterness is significant as one of the Maes Howe type tombs, reflecting early communal burial and ceremonial practices in Orkney.
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Places near here
Chambered cairnArchaeological place · 10 yd
QuanternessHuman Remains(s) (period Unassigned) · 93 yd
Quanterness CottagesCottage(s) (period Unassigned) · 215 yd
Welcome to Wideford Hill Chambered CairnVisitor information · 1307 yd
Wideford Hill, Wt Station, MastRadio Mast (20th Century) · 1479 yd
Keelylang Hill from Wideford HillMountain or hill · 1633 yd
MainlandIsland · 1.2 mi
RNAS Hatston MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Bay of KirkwallBay · 1.9 mi
Burrey BraeMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Orkney Wireless MuseumMuseum · 2.2 mi
Kirkwall, Tankerness HouseNo Class (event) (20th Century) · 2.3 miOther information
Photo: Ian Balcombe · CC BY-SA 2.0