What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Via, Stones of Via as Chambered Cairn (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 cairn, Neolithic period. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial and ritual practices in the prehistoric landscape of Scotland.
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Places near here
SkithvaStructure(s) (period Unassigned) · 599 yd
QueenaUnidentified Flint(s) (flint)(period Unassigned) · 642 yd
Anvil CottageBuilding (period Unassigned) · 928 yd
LaithFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Kier FioldMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Skara Brae Visitor CentreVisitor information · 2.3 mi
Sand HolmIslet · 2.4 mi
Peerie HillMountain / peak · 2.4 mi
Skara BraeMidden (neolithic), Settlement (neolithic) · 2.5 mi
Beach by Skara Brae showing an Alternative ArchaeologyBeach · 2.5 mi
Ring of BrodgarRing Ditch (prehistoric)(possible) · 2.5 mi
Jupiter: Bay of Skaill, Orkney, AtlanticSloop (18th Century) · 2.5 mi