What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Knowe of Ramsay as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (neolithic), Scraper (tool) (flint)(neolithic). 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 chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the rich prehistoric landscape of Orkney, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Knowe of LairoChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 144 yd
Knowe Of Lairo Chambered CairnArchaeological place · 154 yd
Sinclair's HillMountain / peak · 355 yd
Highland Cattle below Green HillMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Rousay, Green HillFarmstead (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval)(possible) · 1.2 mi
Rousay, Westness HouseHouse (post Medieval) · 1.2 mi
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 1.2 mi
Trumland House Wood, RousayForest or wood · 1.7 mi
Beach Fishing at the Sands of EvieBeach · 1.8 mi
Twelve hour tower on RousayCastle, fort or tower · 2.0 mi
Beach at EvieBeach · 2.0 mi
Evie, PierNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.0 miOther information
Photo: N Chadwick · CC BY-SA 2.0