What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Westray, Knucker Hill as Burial Cairn (prehistoric)(possible), Chambered Cairn (neolithic). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Neolithic chambered cairn; dates to the early Neolithic period, around 3500–2500 BCE. It represents a significant type of funerary monument associated with communal burial practices and early agricultural societies in Orkney.
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Places near here
Westray, HilldavaleBurnt Mound (prehistoric)(possible) · 965 yd
Gallo HillMountain / peak · 995 yd
Old mill converted into a holiday homeOld home or work place · 1309 yd
Water wheel at the old mill, PierowallOld home or work place · 1309 yd
Westray, 'sheepy Kirk'Burial Ground (19th Century)(possible), Church (19th Century) · 1.1 mi
PierowallNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
Natural Arch at the foot of North HillMountain or hill · 1.3 mi
Preserved gravestone in Pierowall cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 1.3 mi
Cattle below Couters HillMountain or hill · 1.3 mi
Fitty HillMountain / peak · 1.3 mi
Beach at GrobustBeach · 1.4 mi
Grobust beachBeach / strand · 1.5 mi