
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Taversoe Tuick as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist(s) (neolithic), Cremation(s) (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (neolithic), Arrowhead (flint)(neolithic), Bead(s) (shale)(neolithic), Bowl(s) (pottery)(neolithic), Mace (stone)(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 one of the best-preserved examples of Orkney's rich Neolithic funerary landscape and provides insight into early ceremonial and burial practices in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
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Highland Cattle below Green HillMountain or hill · 812 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1058 yd
Rousay Heritage CentreMuseum · 1116 yd
Wyre from southern flank of Knitchen HillMountain or hill · 1227 yd
Knitchen HillMountain / peak · 1358 yd
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 1687 yd
Cubbie Roo's CastleCastle · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: David Hawgood · CC BY-SA 2.0