What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bressay, Loch of Brough as Cist (prehistoric)(possible), Vessel (steatite)(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 cist burial, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, associated with steatite vessel; indicative of prehistoric funerary practices in Orkney.
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Places near here
Bressay, BroughBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 901 yd
Bressay, SetterHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned) · 1010 yd
Bressay, Ullins WaterBurnt Mound (prehistoric) · 1024 yd
Hill of SetterMountain / peak · 1342 yd
Pow of CullingsburghBay · 1462 yd
Ander HillMountain / peak · 1536 yd
Noss SoundVisitor information · 1613 yd
Bressay, CuppaHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned) · 1.0 mi
Washington: Noss SoundShip (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Holm SoundBay · 1.2 mi
Noss Nature ReserveVisitor information · 1.2 mi
Lyrie: Leira Ness, Bressay, Bressay SoundCraft (20th Century) · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0