What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records The Howie as Chambered Barrow (neolithic)(possible). 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.
Chambered barrow, Neolithic period. Its significance lies in representing an early form of communal burial and ceremonial practice in prehistoric Scotland.
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