What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Tongue House 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.
Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. It represents a type of tomb used for communal burial and is significant as a remnant of early agricultural society in Scotland.
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Places near here
Tongue HouseCountry House (17th Century) · 180 yd
Tongue MainsCottage(s) (19th Century), Farmstead (19th Century) · 303 yd
Tongue War MemorialMemorial · 802 yd
Ard ThungaSignalling Structure (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1232 yd
Kyle of TongueCauseway (period Unassigned) · 1260 yd.jpg?width=1280)
Ben TongueMountain / peak · 1297 yd
Cnoc an FhreiceadainMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Melness War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Caisteal BharraichTower House (medieval) · 1.4 mi
Castle VarrichCastle · 1.4 mi
Caolas TungaBay · 1.5 mi
Talmine BayFishing Vessel (post Medieval) · 2.7 miOther information
Photo: Stanley Howe · CC BY-SA 2.0