What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Unst, the Garths as Cairn (period Unassigned). 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.
A Neolithic cairn; significant as part of the early burial and ritual landscape of the Shetland Islands.
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Places near here
Sand of Inner SkawBeach / strand · 237 yd
Unst, Sand of Inner SkawSaddle Quern (period Unassigned) · 297 ydInner SkawQuarry (period Unassigned) · 357 yd
SkawFarmstead (period Unassigned) · 958 yd
Nor WickBay · 997 yd
Carl Friedrich: Wick of Skaw, Unst, North SeaShip (18th Century) · 1025 yd
Orel: Crickies Chair, Lamba Ness, Unst, North SeaMotor Freezer Trawler (20th Century) · 1035 yd
The TaingIsland · 1548 yd
Hero: Ruecok Burgar, Nor Wick, Unst, North SeaBrig (19th Century) · 1599 yd
Holm of SkawIslet · 1699 yd
Ward of NorwickMountain / peak · 1.1 mi
North Unst War MemorialMemorial · 1.2 mi