What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Cattapund Knowe as Cairnfield (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.
Cattapund Knowe is a Neolithic cairnfield, dating to the early to middle Holocene period. Its significance lies in providing evidence of prehistoric land use and ritual activity in the landscape, typical of Neolithic settlement patterns in northern Britain.
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Places near here
Cattapund Knowe Long CairnArchaeological place · 28 yd
LochaberPeat Stand (period Unassigned) · 175 yd
Mousa WaterSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 542 yd
Loch BrunatwattSheepfold (19th Century) · 631 yd
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 1.3 mi
Robert Tait's HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Twatt HillMountain / peak · 2.6 mi
Holm of BurrastowIslet · 2.8 mi
Voe of SnarranessBay · 3.2 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 3.6 mi
Galta StackIslet · 3.7 mi
Effirth VoeBay · 4.6 mi