What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tankerness, Waterhall as Cist (early Bronze Age), Cremation (early Bronze Age), Mace (bone)(early 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.
Early Bronze Age cist burial; associated with cremation and a bone mace, indicating ritual or high-status deposition in a prehistoric funerary context.
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Places near here
Loch of TankernessBurnt Mound (prehistoric), Settlement (prehistoric) · 317 yd
Hall of TankernessFirearm(s) (19th Century) · 823 yd
Tankerness MillGrain Mill (19th Century) · 1197 yd
Fea HillRig and Furrow (medieval) - (post Medieval) · 1306 yd
Sheila Fleet Jewellery and ResturantHeritage attraction · 1.1 mi
Hangie BayBay · 1.6 mi
Observation Tower, Rerwick HeadCastle, fort or tower · 1.9 mi
Stem Howe Cemetery, War MemorialCemetery (post Medieval), War Memorial (first World War), War Memorial (second World War) · 2.2 mi
Beach and Deer Sound from DeernessBeach · 2.3 mi
Control Tower at Kirkwall AirportCastle, fort or tower · 2.3 mi
Foreshore at end of Halley Beach, DeernessBeach · 2.5 mi
Captain EE Fresson MemorialMemorial · 2.6 mi