What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Stronsay, Ward of Houseby as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Midden (period Unknown). 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, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the Orkney Neolithic cultural landscape, reflecting early communal burial and ritual practices in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Stronsay, Sand of the CrookWall(s) (post Medieval) · 200 yd
Stronsay, HousebayHearth (period Unknown)(possible), Kelp Pit (period Unknown)(possible) · 570 yd
Bay of HousebyBay · 1221 yd
Cemetery at Holland FarmChurch, cross or graveyard · 1519 yd
Seals on the beachBeach · 1.0 mi
Stronsay, CleatChapel (medieval)(possible), Settlement (later Prehistoric)(possible) · 1.1 mi
Former school, StronsayHeritage place · 1.3 mi
Burgh Hill, Stronsay's "summit"Mountain or hill · 1.6 mi
Bay of BomastyBay · 3.7 mi
Holms of SpurnessIslet · 7.9 mi
Noust Geo beach rocks, ShapinsayBeach · 8.0 mi