What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stroma, Mellhead as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic chambered cairn, likely dating to the Late Neolithic period (c. 2500–2000 BCE), Stroma, Mellhead is significant as part of a broader network of prehistoric funerary monuments in southern Scotland.
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Places near here
North Sea: Broad Geo, Stroma, Pentland FirthSteamship (19th Century) · 296 yd
Mell HeadHeadland · 320 yd
Mestag CastleArchaeological place · 423 yd
Stroma, UppertownLong Cairn (neolithic)(possible) · 1342 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4632799.jpg?width=1280)
Cairn HillMountain / peak · 1619 yd
War MemorialMemorial · 1710 yd
Red HeadHeadland · 1729 yd
StromaIsland · 1.1 mi
William and Harry: Tree Geo, Stroma, Pentland FirthCraft (19th Century) · 1.4 mi
The GloupCave · 1.5 mi
KirkstyleMound (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi
Scotland's HavenFish Trap (period Unassigned), Harbour (period Unassigned), Landing Stage (period Unassigned) · 1.9 mi