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Fair Isle, Aester Houll

Cairn (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Fair Isle, Aester Houll 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.
A Neolithic cairn; likely dates to the Early to Middle Neolithic period. It represents a type of funerary or ritual monument common in the Scottish Northern Isles, reflecting early communal burial practices.

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