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Unst, Muckle Heog East

Chambered Cairn (neolithic), Human Remains (period Unknown)
Unst, Muckle Heog East
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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