What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Via as Barrow (prehistoric), Cist(s) (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic barrow containing cists, dating to the 4th–3rd millennium BCE, representing early burial practices in prehistoric Scotland. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of funerary customs and settlement patterns in the region.
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