What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records S70, Scarista, Harris as Burial Cairn (prehistoric). 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.
A prehistoric burial cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age, S70, Scarista, Harris is significant as part of the broader pattern of megalithic funerary monuments in the Western Isles.
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Places near here
ScarastaField System (period Unassigned), Head Dyke (post Medieval), Lazy Beds (post Medieval) · 406 yd
Holiday houseOld home or work place · 544 yd
Empty house at SgarastaOld home or work place · 787 yd
Standing stone with lichenStanding or carved stone · 808 yd
Sgarasta cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1155 yd
Tràigh MhòrBeach / strand · 1388 yd
Rocky foreshore and beachBeach · 1498 yd
Bolabhal SgarastaMountain / peak · 1.5 mi
Maodal memorial plaqueHeritage place · 2.1 mi
MaodalMountain / peak · 2.1 mi
Waterfall on the Abhainn Horsa-cleit, HarrisWaterfall · 2.2 mi
Rubha Màs a' ChnuicHeadland · 3.0 mi