What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Uyea, Knowe of Heogland as Chambered Cairn (neolithic). 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, dating to approximately 3000–2500 BCE. It is significant as part of the broader pattern of Neolithic funerary and ceremonial monuments in the Orkney Islands, reflecting early communal burial practices and social organisation.
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Places near here
UyeaIsland · 731 yd
Unst, ClivocastStanding Stone (prehistoric) · 1258 yd
Uyea, Winna NessCairn (period Unassigned) · 1273 yd
Unst, Uyeasound Church and War MemorialChurch (mid 19th Century) (1843), War Memorial(s) (20th Century) (1924) · 1726 yd
Westside, UyeasoundBuilding (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
Scarf StackIslet · 1.2 mi
Breck of MailandMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Gallow HillMountain / peak · 1.7 mi
Unst, Muness CastleCastle (16th Century), Formal Garden (period Unknown)(possible), Fortified House (16th Century), Lairds House (16th Century) · 2.1 mi
Unst, Ayre of BelmontNo Class (event) (21st Century) · 2.3 mi
Wick of BelmontBay · 2.3 mi
Wick of North GarthBay · 3.2 mi