What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, Knowe of Hoversta as Cairn (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 10m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Unst, Knowe of Hoversta is a Neolithic chambered cairn, likely dating to the early to middle Neolithic period (circa 3500–3000 BCE). It is significant as part of the broader pattern of megalithic tomb construction in the Northern Isles, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organization in prehistoric Scotland.
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Places near here
Loch HoverstaMarker Cairn (period Unassigned) · 103 yd
Breck of MailandMountain / peak · 363 yd
Loch of HoverstaBank (earthwork) (post Medieval) · 381 yd
Burn of BreimiresHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned)(possible), Hut (period Unassigned)(possible), Lade (period Unassigned), Planticrub (19th Century) - (20th Century)(possible) · 741 yd
Unst, SandwickHead Dyke (post Medieval), Township (period Unassigned) · 762 yd
Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century) · 1.5 mi
UyeaIsland · 2.1 mi
Little HolmIslet · 2.1 mi
Gallow HillMountain / peak · 2.2 mi
Lund BeachBeach / strand · 2.6 mi
Unst, Ayre of BelmontNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.8 mi
Rotton HelliersBay · 2.9 mi