What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, Lee of Clivocast as Cremation (viking)(possible), Inhumation (viking)(possible), Armour (viking)(possible). 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.
Viking cremation and inhumation burial site, likely dating to the late 8th to 11th century AD. Its significance lies in providing evidence of Norse settlement and burial practices in the remote Shetland Islands.
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Places near here
Unst, ClivocastStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 31 yd
Unst, Uyeasound Church and War MemorialChurch (mid 19th Century) (1843), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) (1924) · 725 yd
Easter LochFish Trap (period Unassigned) · 1274 yd
Ayre of UyeasoundJetty (period Unassigned) · 1281 yd
UyeaIsland · 1695 yd
Breck of MailandMountain / peak · 1758 yd
Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century) · 1.6 mi
Scarf StackIslet · 1.6 mi
Gallow HillMountain / peak · 1.8 mi
Unst, Ayre of BelmontNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.4 mi
Wick of BelmontBay · 2.6 mi
Lund BeachBeach / strand · 3.1 mi