What is recorded here
Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Yell, Sands of Brekon as Cairn(s) (period Unassigned), Human Remains (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; its significance lies in contributing to the understanding of early burial practices and settlement in the Shetland Islands.
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Places near here
Breckon BeachBeach / strand · 130 yd
Yell, Sands of BreckonNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 262 yd
Birrier StackIslet · 470 yd
Yell, BreckonHorizontal Mill (period Unassigned) · 674 yd
Shetland, Yell, Haa of HoullandEnclosure (post Medieval), Farmhouse (post Medieval), Farmstead (post Medieval) · 876 yd
Outsta NessIslet · 1044 yd
Bay of BroughBay · 1443 yd
Yell, PapilStructure (period Unassigned) · 1.1 mi
PapilFarmstead (period Unassigned), Naust (21st Century) · 1.1 mi
Wick of TrutisBay · 1.2 mi
ScordabackMountain / peak · 1.4 mi
Hill of BakkanaleeMountain / peak · 2.1 mi