What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Sydney House, Lairg Muir 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 early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It represents a significant example of prehistoric funerary architecture in northern Scotland, reflecting communal burial practices and social organisation of the time.
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Places near here
Sydney HouseField System (period Unassigned), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 154 yd
Lairg MuirSpoil Heap (period Unassigned) · 361 yd
Balcharn, LairgBuilding (period Unassigned) · 775 yd
Lairg, Church of Scotland, ChurchChurch (mid 19th Century) (1847) · 1107 yd
The wee hooseHeritage attraction · 1403 yd
Eilean a' ChairnIslet · 1492 yd
Ferrycroft Visitor CentreMuseum · 1740 yd
River ShinNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.5 mi
Meall DolaMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Cnoc Na H-inghinnNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.4 mi
An Garbh-bhadWood · 2.5 mi
Meall a' GhruididhMountain / peak · 3.8 mi