What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Bilbster as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early to middle Neolithic period (circa 3500–2500 BCE). Such cairns are significant as they represent some of the earliest communal burial monuments in Scotland, reflecting complex social structures and ritual practices of prehistoric communities.
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Places near here
TarroulHouse (period Unassigned) · 520 yd
East WattenBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1060 yd
North BilbsterStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 1.0 mi
KnapperfieldFarm (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Watten War MemorialMemorial · 1.7 mi
Bilbster and Stirkoke War MemorialMemorial · 2.3 mi
Wester Watten MossForest · 4.2 mi
Osterhav: Sinclair's Bay, North SeaSteamship (20th Century) · 5.0 mi
Achlachan MossForest · 7.6 mi
Dirlot CastleCastle (medieval) · 9.6 mi
Castlehill Heritage CentreMuseum · 9.7 mi