What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unstan as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (early Neolithic), Rune Inscribed Stone (norse), Arrowhead(s) (flint)(early Neolithic), Bowl (pottery)(early Neolithic), Scraper (tool) (flint)(early 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, dating to the early Neolithic period (circa 3500–2500 BCE), associated with inhumations and pottery, indicating significant ritual and burial practices in Orkney.
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Places near here
Unstan CairnHeritage attraction · 2 yd
Unstan chambered cairnAncient tomb or cairn · 11 yd
Unstan TombAncient tomb or cairn · 15 yd
Brig O' WaitheNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 453 yd
Bridge of WaitheRoad Bridge (mid 19th Century) (1859) · 517 yd
Upper OnstonFarmstead (post Medieval) · 682 yd
Ring of BrodgarHenge (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Rune Inscribed Stone (norse), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 1.2 mi
The beach below the HallBeach · 1.3 mi
Stenness, Ireland RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
The Ness of BrodgarVisitor information · 1.4 mi
Sand HolmIslet · 1.6 mi
Barnhouse SettlementVisitor information · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: Derek Mayes · CC BY-SA 2.0