What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sordale Hill 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.
Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. It represents an early form of communal burial and ceremonial structure, significant for understanding Neolithic settlement and ritual practices in Scotland.
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Places near here
RoadsideBuilding (period Unassigned) · 591 yd
Sordale FarmFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 817 yd
SibsterBroch (iron Age)(possible), Carved Stone (period Unassigned) · 1574 yd
Skinnet FarmQuern (period Unassigned) · 1.6 mi
Halkirk War MemorialMemorial · 1.9 mi
Olrig CemeteryCemetery (period Unassigned) · 4.1 mi
Battle of Harpsdalebattle · 4.1 mi
AchiesNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 4.1 mi
Achlachan MossForest · 4.8 mi
Thurso CastleCastle (17th Century) · 4.9 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 5.1 mi
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 5.5 miOther information
Photo: Iain Macaulay · CC BY-SA 2.0