Cairn o'Get

This burial tomb has been a feature of the landscape for 5,000 years. The original tomb was a small, round mound with a central burial chamber. It was reached by a passage - a pathway from the land of the living to the realm of the dead.

The cairn was later enlarged and forecourts built on each side. When the tomb was excavated in the 19th century, on the floor was a mass of burnt material, including charcoal and fragments of human bone. This suggests that the chamber had been used for cremations. Above the ash deposit were the unburnt remains of seven people. They were accompanied by leaf-shaped flint arrowheads, Neolithic pottery and animal bones.

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