What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Ward of Silwick 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such tombs are significant as they represent communal burial practices and social organisation in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
SilwickHead Dyke (post Medieval), Township (period Unassigned) · 495 yd
Wester WickTurf Bank (period Unassigned) · 597 yd
WesterwickTownship (period Unassigned) · 790 yd
Sil WickEnclosure (period Unassigned)(possible) · 853 yd
Drongi FieldMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
Aa skerryIslet · 1.5 mi
Hestinsetter HillMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
BragaIslet · 2.0 mi
Spray: Rea WickSloop (19th Century) · 2.8 mi
Garderhouse VoeBay · 4.0 mi
Sand VoeBay · 4.2 mi
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 5.2 mi