What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Muckle Hamar as Cairn (prehistoric)(possible). 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.
Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the early to middle first millennium BCE. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices and settlement patterns in upland Scotland.
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Places near here
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