What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Burwick as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. 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 (c. 3500–2500 BCE). Such cairns are significant as they represent some of the earliest communal burial and ceremonial structures in Scotland.
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Places near here
BurwickSettlement (period Unassigned)(possible) · 218 yd
Loch of BurwickFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 581 yd
Hill of BurwickHouse (period Unassigned) · 587 yd
Ness of BurwickBroch (iron Age)(possible) · 717 yd
Guiding Star: Usta Ness, White Ness, AtlanticSmack (20th Century) · 1571 yd
Scalloway, UtnabrakeNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
Norway HouseVisitor information · 1.2 mi
Shetland Bus War MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi
East Voe of ScallowayBay · 1.4 mi
Scalloway MuseumMuseum · 1.4 mi
Scalloway, Castle Street, Scalloway CastleTower House (medieval) · 1.4 mi
Outnabreck HillMountain / peak · 1.5 miOther information
Photo: Mick Garratt · CC BY-SA 2.0