What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Orkney Islands.
Neolithic chambered cairn, dating to approximately 3100–2500 BCE. It is significant as one of the earliest and best-preserved examples of Orkney's rich Neolithic funerary architecture, reflecting early ceremonial and burial practices in the region.
Places near here
Unstan CairnHeritage attraction · 10 yd
UnstanChambered Cairn (neolithic), Inhumation(s) (early Neolithic), Rune Inscribed Stone (norse), Arrowhead(s) (flint)(early Neolithic), Bowl (pottery)(early Neolithic), Scraper (tool) (flint)(early Neolithic) · 11 yd
Unstan TombAncient tomb or cairn · 11 yd
Brig O' WaitheNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 453 yd
Bridge of WaitheRoad Bridge (mid 19th Century) (1859) · 521 yd
Upper OnstonFarmstead (post Medieval) · 673 yd
Ring of BrodgarHenge (neolithic) - (bronze Age), Rune Inscribed Stone (norse), Stone Circle (neolithic) - (bronze Age) · 1.2 mi
The beach below the HallBeach · 1.3 mi
Stenness, Ireland RoadNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 1.4 mi
The Ness of BrodgarVisitor information · 1.4 mi
Sand HolmIslet · 1.6 mi
Barnhouse SettlementVisitor information · 1.7 miOther information
Photo: David Wyatt · CC BY-SA 2.0