Description

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

The cairn is of the Shetland "heel-shaped" variety, circular except for a concave facade on the SSE. It is about 8.2m in diameter, and bounded by a kerb of large boulders, in some places still two courses high. The facade consists of larger boulders, up to 0.7m high, and is continuous, suggesting it was added after the interior chamber was out of use. The interior chamber is oval, 3m long by 2m wide, with an upright stone halfway down each long side.

The area to be scheduled is circular, centred on the cairn, and 30m in diameter, to include the cairn and an area around it in which traces of its construction and use may survive, as indicated in red on the accompanying map.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

Statement of Scheduling

The monument is of national importance as a good field monument, and example of a typical Shetland heel-shaped cairn. It gains additional importance from its proximity (300m) to Cattapund Knowe, the only convincing long cairn in Shetland. Together these sites offer the possibility of comparative study to illuminate the development of funerary traditions in Shetland.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland

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Bibliography

RCAHMS records the monument as HU25SW 2.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland