What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Upper Dounreay as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Cist (bronze Age). 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 and Bronze Age cist; significant as a multi-period burial and ritual site in northern Scotland.
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Places near here
Creag Bhreac MhorStone Row (prehistoric) · 425 yd
Na Tri SitheanChambered Cairn (neolithic) · 921 yd
Cnoc FreiceadainFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1064 yd
DounreayWall (period Unassigned) · 1657 yd
Creag BheagMountain / peak · 2.3 mi
Reay, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.7 mi
Sandside Chasebattle · 2.9 mi
Cairnmore HillockMountain / peak · 3.1 mi
Brims CastleTower House (medieval) · 3.8 mi
Drum HollistanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.1 mi
Puffin CoveHeritage attraction · 5.5 mi
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 5.9 miOther information
Photo: David Bremner · CC BY-SA 2.0