What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sgarbach, Auckingill as Long Cairn (neolithic). 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.
Neolithic long cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It represents a type of communal burial monument significant for understanding prehistoric funerary practices and social organization in northern Scotland.
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