What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, Sobul as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Unst, Sobul is a Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the Early to Middle Neolithic period (c. 3500–2500 BCE). It is significant as part of the broader pattern of megalithic funerary monuments in the Northern Isles of Scotland.
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Places near here
SobulPeat Stand (period Unassigned) · 220 yd
TrampmiresEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 749 yd
Burn of BreimiresHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned)(possible), Hut (period Unassigned)(possible), Lade (period Unassigned), Planticrub (19th Century) - (20th Century)(possible) · 1006 yd
VatnagarthHorizontal Mill (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 1144 yd
Breck of MailandMountain / peak · 1700 yd
Little HolmIslet · 1.2 mi
Hill of CaldbackMountain / peak · 1.9 mi
Lund BeachBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
Rotton HelliersBay · 2.1 mi
Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century) · 2.3 mi
UyeaIsland · 2.9 mi
Unst, Ayre of BelmontNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 3.0 mi