What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Vementry as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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.

Chambered cairn, Neolithic period. Vementry is significant as a rare example of a Neolithic funerary monument in the Shetland Islands, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in northern Scotland.

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