What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Hangie Head, Tres Ness as Broch (iron Age)(possible), Burial Cairn (prehistoric)(possible). 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.
Iron Age broch and possible prehistoric burial cairn; located on the Orkney island of Sanday, it reflects the complex settlement and funerary practices of northern Scotland during the first millennium BCE.
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Places near here
Broch of WassoArchaeological place · 312 yd
Sanday, Tres NessReservoir (period Unassigned), Water Tower (period Unassigned) · 346 yd
Sanday, TresnessMound (period Unassigned) · 997 yd
Sanday, Tresness House, HorsemillHorse Engine House (period Unknown) · 1225 yd
Bay of NewarkBay · 1623 yd
Cata Sand Dunes and BeachBeach · 1.2 mi
Cata SandBeach / strand · 1.7 mi
Sty WickBay · 1.8 mi
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 2.4 mi
The CroftMuseum · 2.4 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 3.0 mi