What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Watenan as Chambered Cairn (neolithic)(possible). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. Its precise location and context suggest it is part of Scotland's early funerary and ceremonial landscape, though specific wider significance remains unrecorded.
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Places near here
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WatenanBroch (iron Age)(possible), Quarry(s) (period Unassigned) · 241 yd
Garrywhin FortRuins · 428 yd
Osties HillFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 654 yd
Whaligoe stepsViewpoint · 1196 yd
Whale GeoBay · 1324 yd
Wester Whale GeoBay · 1529 yd
Stack of UlbsterIsland · 1.4 mi
Burn of WhilkNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 2.0 mi
The StackIsland · 2.5 mi
Carol Christina Darmady MemorialMemorial · 3.6 mi
Battle of Tannachbattle · 4.0 mi