What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Hacks Ness as Cairn (period Unassigned)(possible), Kelp Working Site (post Medieval)(possible), Mound (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn; its significance lies in its potential as an early burial or ceremonial site, typical of the Neolithic period in Orkney.
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Places near here
Bay of StoveBay · 604 yd
Sanday, Spur NessBank (earthwork) (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned) · 1281 yd
Spurness WindfarmSettlement (prehistoric)(possible) · 1492 yd
Electricity sub-stationHeritage place · 1.1 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 1.4 mi
Sanday, BraeswickFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.0 mi
Mu Geos and Castle Rock from the SeaCastle, fort or tower · 2.7 mi
Hill of Bomo, EdayMountain or hill · 3.2 mi
Backaland BayBay · 3.4 mi
Stennie HillMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Chapel HillMountain / peak · 3.8 miOther information
Photo: Claire Pegrum · CC BY-SA 2.0