What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Shebster as Cairn (period Unassigned), Cist (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn and cist, dating to the 3rd to 4th millennium BCE, representing early burial practices in northern Scotland. Its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary architecture in the region.
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Places near here
Hill of ShebsterCairn(s) (period Unassigned) · 279 yd
ShebsterCultivation Remains (period Unassigned), Farmstead (period Unassigned), Hut Circle(s) (prehistoric) · 297 yd
Shebster BarnBarn (period Unassigned) · 556 yd
West ShebsterFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 772 yd
Creag BheagMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Reay, CemeteryCemetery (19th Century) · 2.9 mi
Sandside Chasebattle · 3.2 mi
Cairnmore HillockMountain / peak · 3.4 mi
Brims CastleTower House (medieval) · 4.7 mi
Drum HollistanNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 5.2 mi
Puffin CoveHeritage attraction · 5.8 mi
Wolfburn DistilleryHeritage attraction · 6.1 miOther information
Photo: Richard Webb · CC BY-SA 2.0