What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, Helliers Water as Clearance Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 100m. 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 created by clearing stones from fields for agriculture and may have had ritual or territorial significance.
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Places near here
Hill of ColvadaleEnclosure (period Unassigned) · 109 yd
Helliers WaterReservoir (period Unassigned) · 424 yd
Burral KnowePeat Stand (period Unassigned) · 743 yd
Burral LochSheepfold (period Unassigned) · 886 yd
Hill of CaldbackMountain / peak · 1.0 mi
Little HolmIslet · 1.1 mi
Hill of VoesgarthMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Rotton HelliersBay · 2.6 mi
Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century) · 2.7 mi
Lund BeachBeach / strand · 2.7 mi
Doun HellierBay · 2.7 mi