What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, Saxa Vord as Cairn(s) (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.
Unst, Saxa Vord is a Neolithic cairn, likely dating to the late third or early second millennium BCE. It is significant as part of the broader pattern of prehistoric funerary and ceremonial sites in the far north of Scotland.
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Places near here
Saxa VordMountain / peak · 36 yd
Burra FirthBay · 957 yd
Brei WickBay · 1300 yd
Sothers FieldMountain / peak · 1301 yd
Wurs StackIslet · 1.2 mi
Smodal AyreBeach / strand · 1.3 mi
Unst, SkawBuilding (period Unassigned) · 1.3 mi
Unst, Hill NessSheep Shelter (period Unassigned) · 1.4 mi
Carl Friedrich: Wick of Skaw, Unst, North SeaShip (18th Century) · 1.8 mi
The TaingIsland · 1.8 mi
Unst, Burra Firth, Burgar StackBroch (iron Age) · 1.9 mi
North Unst War MemorialMemorial · 2.0 mi