What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Twart Burn as Marker Cairn (period Unknown). 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.
Marker cairn; period unknown. Its significance is not clearly recorded, though such cairns in Scotland are often associated with prehistoric funerary or ceremonial practices.
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Places near here
TrolligartsField System (period Unassigned), Structure (prehistoric)(possible) · 226 yd
Loch of FlatpundsFootbridge (19th Century) - (20th Century) · 593 yd
Loch of WhitebrigsSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 690 yd
Twart BurnQuarry(s) (period Unassigned), Sheepfold (period Unassigned) · 695 yd
Robert Tait's HillMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Walls War MemorialMemorial · 2.2 mi
Voe of SnarranessBay · 2.4 mi
Twatt HillMountain / peak · 2.8 mi
Galta StackIslet · 2.8 mi
War MemorialMemorial · 2.9 mi
Holm of BurrastowIslet · 3.6 mi
Effirth VoeBay · 4.6 mi