What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, North Mire as Burial Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), 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.
Prehistoric burial cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Early Bronze Age. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Sanday, Lamba NessSite (period Unassigned) · 708 yd
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 799 yd
Sanday, WarsetterCist (prehistoric), Mound (prehistoric) · 875 yd
Sanday, Warsetter Steading, Threshing MachineThreshing Machine (post Medieval) · 919 yd
Sanday, BraeswickFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1607 yd
Bay of StoveBay · 2.4 mi
Kettletoft BayBay · 2.7 mi
Mu Geos and Castle Rock from the SeaCastle, fort or tower · 2.9 mi
Hill of Bomo, EdayMountain or hill · 3.1 mi
Vinquoy PlantationForest · 3.6 mi
Saplings on Vinquoy Hill, EdayMountain or hill · 3.6 mi
Vinquoy HillMountain / peak · 3.7 mi