
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Cubbie Roo's Burden 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, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a dense concentration of prehistoric monuments on the Orkney mainland, reflecting the region's importance in Neolithic ceremonial and funerary practices.
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Places near here
Cubbie Roo's Burden = chambered cairnArchaeological place · 3 yd
Wyre from southern flank of Knitchen HillMountain or hill · 379 yd
Rousay, Trumland United Presbyterian ChurchChurch (19th Century) · 438 yd
Rousay, Brinian HouseFlint Scatter (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 453 yd
Rousay, War MemorialWar Memorial (20th Century) · 560 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 561 yd
Rousay Heritage CentreMuseum · 640 yd
Trumland House Wood, RousayForest or wood · 1407 yd
Knitchen HillMountain / peak · 1454 yd
Cubbie Roo's CastleCastle · 1.1 mi
Highland Cattle below Green HillMountain or hill · 1.3 mi
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 1.4 miOther information
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0