What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Ronaldsay, the Nev 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 earlier part of the Neolithic period in Orkney, around 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of ceremonial and funerary monuments reflecting early communal burial practices in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
New house built by West ShairdOld home or work place · 748 yd
Stone dyke on Nev HillStanding or carved stone · 780 yd
South Ronaldsay, ClouduhallStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 848 yd
South Ronaldsay, Sandwick HouseHouse (18th Century) · 1287 yd
Kirkie HillMountain / peak · 1524 yd
The AltarMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Oyce of HerstonBay · 1.2 mi
Newton, with Ward Hill in the backgroundMountain or hill · 1.8 mi
Blue boat above the beachBeach · 1.9 mi
Olav's WoodWood · 2.0 mi
Widewall BayBay · 2.0 mi