What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lunga Water as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It represents a significant prehistoric funerary and ceremonial site, reflecting early communal burial practices in western Scotland.
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Places near here
Lunga WaterEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 353 yd
Loch of FlatpundsCairnfield (prehistoric) · 418 yd
Mousa WaterSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1430 yd
Loch of WhitebrigsSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1480 yd
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Robert Tait's HillMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Voe of SnarranessBay · 2.7 mi
Holm of BurrastowIslet · 3.0 mi
Twatt HillMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
Galta StackIslet · 3.3 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 3.5 mi
Effirth VoeBay · 5.1 mi