
What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, Muckle Heog East as Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Human Remains (period Unknown). 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.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early Neolithic period, around 3500–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of a broader network of megalithic tombs in the Orkney Islands, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation in northern Scotland.
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Photo: Mike Pennington · CC BY-SA 2.0