What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records South Uist, Dun Trossary as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Sheepfold (post Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as one of the best-preserved examples of a Clyde-type chambered cairn in the Western Isles, reflecting early communal burial practices and megalithic architecture in Scotland.
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Places near here
South Uist, Garrynamonie, R.c. Church of Our Lady of SorrowsChurch (20th Century) · 225 yd
Church of Our Lady of the SorrowsChurch, cross or graveyard · 227 yd
Coire BheinnMountain / peak · 1611 yd
Poll CreadhaSlipway (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Eilean MòrIsland · 1.4 mi
SmeircleitOrganic Material (period Unassigned), Organic Material(s) (wood)(period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Beach south of OrasaighBeach · 1.5 mi
Ceann a' GharaidhHeadland · 1.5 mi
Beach at Kilbride, South UistBeach · 1.6 mi
An DoirlinnIslet · 1.9 mi
Bàgh ShaltabhaigBay · 1.9 mi