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Culsetter is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on Shetland, dating to the third millennium BC. The monument lies approximately 180 metres south-southwest of Culsetter settlement and represents the characteristic megalithic burial tradition of Shetland's earliest farming communities. As a chambered cairn, the structure would have originally comprised a stone-built burial chamber enclosed within a substantial mound of rubble and stone, serving as a communal sepulchre for successive interments over an extended period. The site remains an important archaeological record of Neolithic funerary practice and settlement patterns in the Shetland Islands.
Culsetter,chambered cairn 180m SSW of is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3563. View the official record →
Culsetter is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on Shetland, dating to the third millennium BC. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3563.
Culsetter,chambered cairn 180m SSW of dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Culsetter,chambered cairn 180m SSW of 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 SM3563.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Skeo of Gossaford,cairn 400m W of Busta (0.8 km), Houll,house 90m SW of,Roe Sound (1.1 km), Burravoe,broch on NW promontory,Brae (2.4 km).
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