What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Rousay, Westness as Chambered Barrow (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 tomb; dates to the early Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of a dense cluster of megalithic monuments on Rousay, reflecting the island's importance in early Scottish prehistory.
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Places near here
Rousay, Westness HouseHouse (post Medieval) · 120 yd
Westness House lying to the sou'east of Westness FarmOld home or work place · 193 yd
Rousay, HallgateBuilding (period Unassigned), Enclosure (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Field System (period Unassigned) · 1373 yd
Skaill Farm 18th Century - empty since the clearances C19Archaeological place · 1660 yd
Landing Beach marker cairnsBeach · 1.2 mi
Sinclair's HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Twelve hour tower on RousayCastle, fort or tower · 1.4 mi
Beach Fishing at the Sands of EvieBeach · 1.7 mi
Evie, PierNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.7 mi
Arch and cave by Scabra Head, RousayCave · 1.9 mi
RousayIsland · 2.0 mi
Blotchnie FioldMountain / peak · 2.1 mi