What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sanday, Whale Head as Chambered Tomb (neolithic)(possible), Man-made underground passage (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.
Neolithic chambered tomb, possibly with a prehistoric man-made underground passage; its location on Sanday suggests significance in early settlement and ritual practices in the Orkney Islands.
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Places near here
Whalehead WWII Chain Home radar stationHeritage place · 272 yd
Sanday, LopnessStone Ball(s) (stone)(neolithic) · 455 yd
Sanday, Lop NessConcrete Structure (20th Century), Machine Gun Post (20th Century)(possible), Military Signalling Site (20th Century)(possible) · 552 yd
Scuthvie BayNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 766 yd
Sanday, Ayre SoundFish Trap (period Unassigned)(possible), Wall (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Start PointIslet · 1.3 mi
Cata SandBeach / strand · 3.9 mi
Bay of NewarkBay · 4.1 mi
Cata Sand Dunes and BeachBeach · 4.2 mi
Mid HolmIslet · 4.7 mi
Sanday Heritage CentreMuseum · 5.0 mi
The CroftMuseum · 5.0 mi