What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Skaill as Cist (bronze Age), Inhumation(s) (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age cist tomb, dating to approximately 2000–800 BCE. It is significant as part of the broader pattern of early burial practices in the Orkney Islands, reflecting the funerary customs of Neolithic and Bronze Age communities in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Summers DaleBarrow (prehistoric), Cist (prehistoric), Mound(s) (prehistoric) · 401 yd
NaversdaleSettlement (period Unassigned)(possible), Man-made underground passage (prehistoric) · 1037 yd
NisthouseFarmstead (post Medieval) · 1229 yd
The last houseOld home or work place · 1563 yd
Hill of LyradaleMountain / peak · 1702 yd
Climbing Hill of LyradaleMountain or hill · 1.1 mi
Mid HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Hoy Sound from Mid HillMountain or hill · 1.6 mi
Holm of GroundwaterIslet · 1.9 mi
Cemetery, FinstownChurch, cross or graveyard · 2.2 mi
Maes HoweChambered Cairn (neolithic), Rune Inscribed Stone(s) (norse) · 2.5 mi
The OuseBay · 2.6 miOther information
Photo: Ian Balcombe · CC BY-SA 2.0