What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Frotoft as Cist (prehistoric). 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.
Rousay, Frotoft is a prehistoric cist, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Such cists are small stone burial chambers, often associated with megalithic funerary traditions in Orkney.
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Places near here
LangstaneArchaeological place · 310 yd
Rousay, Frotoft, Long StoneStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 313 yd
Sinclair's HillMountain / peak · 717 yd
Highland Cattle below Green HillMountain or hill · 1286 yd
Rousay, Green HillFarmstead (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval)(possible) · 1356 yd
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Trumland House Wood, RousayForest or wood · 1.3 mi
Trumland House LodgeLodge (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Rousay Heritage CentreMuseum · 1.8 mi
Wyre from southern flank of Knitchen HillMountain or hill · 1.8 mi
Beach Fishing at the Sands of EvieBeach · 2.0 mi