What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Dam Loch as Clearance 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.
Clearance cairn, likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age. These cairns were often used for agricultural clearance and may have had ritual or symbolic significance in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Dam LochMarker Cairn (period Unassigned) · 114 yd
Gletna KirkGravel Pit (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 228 yd
Unst, UyeasoundHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned) · 270 yd
UyeasoundQuarry(s) (period Unassigned) · 589 yd
Breck of MailandMountain / peak · 1186 yd
Gallow HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
UyeaIsland · 1.9 mi
Unst, Ayre of BelmontNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.0 mi
Lund BeachBeach / strand · 2.0 mi
Wick of BelmontBay · 2.2 mi
Little HolmIslet · 2.2 mi
Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century) · 2.2 miOther information
Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0