It was awarded the status of Scheduled monument in 2004 on the basis of its potential value as a source of information about post-medieval, and possibly medieval, settlement and economy in the Western Isles of Scotland.

The decision was made on the grounds that it was of national importance as a source of information about post-medieval, and possibly medieval, settlement and economy.

The scheduling decision also note that the site's importance is increased by the cartographic and archeological evidence that it was occupied and adapted over a period of at least several hundred years.

The barrow is typical of the type believed to be used as funerary monuments dating to the Neolithic and Early Bronze Age (3000 -2000 BC).

[9] The scheduling decision, made in 1963, was based upon the fact that the burial mound may be expected to contain information relating to the techniques used in its construction and use.