What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Russel Howe, West Bain as Cairn (period Unassigned), Cist (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn and cist burial monument; significant as a funerary and ritual site from the early agricultural period in Scotland.
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Places near here
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Sandwick, St Peter's Kirk, ChurchyardChurchyard (period Unassigned), War Memorial (20th Century) · 1536 yd
Sandwick, St Peter's KirkBurial Ground (period Unassigned), Church (19th Century) · 1541 yd
St Peter's Sandwick Parish War MemorialMemorial · 1541 yd
Kier FioldMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Bay of SkaillNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Skara Brae Visitor CentreVisitor information · 1.2 mi
Jupiter: Bay of Skaill, Orkney, AtlanticSloop (18th Century) · 1.3 mi
Beach by Skara Brae showing an Alternative ArchaeologyBeach · 1.3 mi
Skara BraeMidden (neolithic), Settlement (neolithic) · 1.4 mi