What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Birrier Head as Cist(s) (period Unassigned)(possible). 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 cist burial, likely dating to the Early Bronze Age; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of prehistoric funerary practices in the Shetland Islands.
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Places near here
Birrier StackIslet · 103 yd
Yell, Sands of BreckonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 180 yd
Breckon BeachBeach / strand · 404 yd
Outsta NessIslet · 768 yd
Yell, BreckonHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned) · 989 yd
Shetland, Yell, Haa of HoullandEnclosure (post Medieval), Farmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 1276 yd
Bay of BroughBay · 1639 yd
Wick of TrutisBay · 1.2 mi
Yell, PapilStructure (period Unassigned) · 1.2 mi
PapilFarmstead (period Unassigned), Naust (21st Century) · 1.3 mi
ScordabackMountain / peak · 1.6 mi
Hill of BakkanaleeMountain / peak · 2.3 mi