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Ara Clett is a Neolithic chambered cairn located at Turdale Water in Shetland, Scotland. The monument represents the funerary architecture of the early farming communities that inhabited the Northern Isles during the Neolithic period. Like other chambered cairns of the region, it would have functioned as a communal burial monument, with an internal stone-built chamber serving successive generations of the local population. The site is recorded within the Shetland archaeological record and remains an important example of the monumental stone construction practices characteristic of the third millennium before the present.
Ara Clett,chambered cairn,Turdale Water is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5724. View the official record →
Ara Clett is a Neolithic chambered cairn located at Turdale Water in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5724.
Ara Clett,chambered cairn,Turdale Water dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn,turdale water. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Ara Clett,chambered cairn,Turdale Water is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic Environment Scotland — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Scotland. The official designation reference is SM5724.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Croag Lee,homestead and field system 1250m NNW of Bekka Hill (4 km), Gruting School,settlement and field system at head of Scutta Voe (4.3 km), Bekka Hill,chambered cairn 770m N of (4.6 km).
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