What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stronsay, Braes of Howar as Cist (bronze Age). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Bronze Age cist; part of a broader pattern of early funerary practices in Orkney. The site contributes to understanding of burial customs and settlement in the Neolithic to Bronze Age transition.
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Places near here
Stronsay, Whitehall Village, PierPier (post Medieval) · 806 yd
Papa StronsayFarmstead (norse) · 1028 yd
Grice NessHeadland · 1445 yd
Stronsay, Huip NessCairn (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1523 yd
Stronsay, Oyce of HuipArd (period Unknown) · 1557 yd
StronsayIsland · 1.7 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 3.7 mi
Bay of BomastyBay · 3.7 mi
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 4.0 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 4.0 mi
Seals on the beachBeach · 4.2 mi
HowarNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.9 mi