What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skail as Chambered 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 chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such tombs are significant as they reflect early communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Rough HaughCist (period Unassigned) · 1677 yd
Rhifail BridgeRoad Bridge (period Unassigned) · 1.7 mi
Syre LodgeCemetery (late 19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1.8 mi
Cnoc Maol MalpellyMountain / peak · 2.0 mi
Syre ChurchChurch (early 20th Century), Mission Hall (late 19th Century) - (early 20th Century) · 2.2 mi
Strathnaver War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Beinn Rifa-gilMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Donald Macleod MemorialMemorial · 3.4 mi
Torrisdale beachBeach / strand · 8.9 mi
John Randolph (fore Part): Torrisdale Bay, AtlanticLiberty Ship (20th Century)-(1952), Steamship (20th Century)-(1952) · 9.6 mi
Torrisdale BayBay · 9.8 mi
Castle VarrichCastle · 10 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0