
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Lunga Water as Marker Cairn (period Unassigned)(possible). 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.
Marker cairn, date unassigned, though likely Neolithic or Bronze Age in origin. Its precise function remains unclear, but such cairns often served as waymarkers or ritual features in prehistoric landscapes.
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Places near here
Lunga WaterEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 324 yd
Loch of FlatpundsCairnfield (prehistoric) · 677 yd
Loch of WhitebrigsSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 1390 yd
Burga WaterWall (period Unassigned) · 1499 yd
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Robert Tait's HillMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Voe of SnarranessBay · 2.5 mi
Holm of BurrastowIslet · 3.1 mi
Galta StackIslet · 3.2 mi
Hill of LittlureMountain / peak · 3.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 3.5 mi
Effirth VoeBay · 5.2 miOther information
Photo: Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0