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Latitude: 60.2961 / 60°17'45"N
Longitude: -1.4789 / 1°28'44"W
OS Eastings: 428905
OS Northings: 1156995
OS Grid: HU289569
Mapcode National: GBR Q1PJ.C37
Mapcode Global: XHD2H.4GFQ
Entry Name: Point of the Hurds,chambered cairn 200m NE of
Scheduled Date: 19 January 1993
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
Source ID: SM5525
Schedule Class: Cultural
Category: Prehistoric ritual and funerary: chambered cairn
Location: Sandsting
County: Shetland Islands
Electoral Ward: Shetland West
Traditional County: Shetland
The monument consists of the remains of a prehistoric burial cairn. The cairn, which has been partly robbed, stands on a shoulder of hill overlooking Brindister Voe. It is 7.0m in diameter, with a slight flattening on the E perhaps representing a facade. A kerb of larger boulders marks the perimeter, being particularly well-preserved on
the N side. The interior of the cairn rises no more than 0.5m, and appears to contain the remains of a burial chamber. The area to be scheduled is circular, 40m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around it in which evidence relating to its construction and use may survive.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
The monument is of national importance as a small, possibly undisturbed, prehistoric burial mound. Through excavation and analysis the monument may reveal important information relating to late Neolithic or early Bronze Age burial practices, and the ground surface below the cairn may reveal evidence relating to the contemporary environment and land-use.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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RCAHMS records the monument as HU25NE 14.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland
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