What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Ronaldsay, Big Howe, Newbigging Farm as Cist(s) (bronze Age), Cremation (bronze Age), Inhumation (bronze Age), Cinerary Urn (pottery)(bronze Age). 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.
Bronze Age cist burial; associated with cremation and inhumation practices. Significance lies in its contribution to understanding burial customs and funerary rites in Orkney during the Bronze Age.
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Places near here
Oyce of HerstonBay · 708 yd
South Ronaldsay, Kirkhouse MillMill (18th Century) · 869 yd
Disused church at Oyce of HerstonChurch, cross or graveyard · 954 yd
Stone dyke on Nev HillStanding or carved stone · 985 yd
Kirkie HillMountain / peak · 1130 yd
South Ronaldsay, HerstonStructure (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1195 yd
Blue boat above the beachBeach · 1574 yd
The AltarMountain / peak · 1617 yd
Widewall BayBay · 1.0 mi
South Ronaldsay War MemorialMemorial · 1.8 mi
Newton, with Ward Hill in the backgroundMountain or hill · 1.9 mi