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Unst, Saxa Vord

Cairn(s) (period Unassigned)

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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