Description

The monument comprises the remains of a prehistoric chambered burial cairn.

The cairn has been of typical Shetland "heel-shaped" plan, with a circular plan cut into by a concave facade on the SE side. Only traces of the outer kerb and facade survive, but the chamber and entrance passage, edged with large earth-fast blocks, are clearly visible. Much but not all of the smaller material of the cairn has been removed. The cairn stands 1m high and has had a diameter of approximately 12m, although it has been somewhat spread at the edges.

The area to be scheduled is a circle of diameter 35m, centred on the chamber of the cairn, to include the cairn and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive, as marked in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a prehistoric burial place which, although robbed of its primary fill, still has the potential to provide information about prehistoric funerary architecture and, through excavation and analysis, about prehistoric funerary practices and contemporary environmental conditions.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Sources

Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as HU 24 NE 1.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland