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King's Knowe is a Bronze Age ring cairn located 380 metres south of Vestinore in Shetland, Scotland. The monument comprises a circular cairn with a defined kerb of stones, characteristic of Bronze Age funerary monuments in the Northern Isles, and is associated with a prehistoric house structure on the same site. The ring cairn represents the mortuary practices of Bronze Age communities in Shetland, whilst the adjacent house remains provide evidence of contemporary domestic settlement patterns. The site contributes to understanding of Bronze Age settlement and ritual activity in Shetland during the second millennium BC.
King's Knowe, ring cairn and prehistoric house 380m S of Vestinore is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13109. View the official record →
King's Knowe is a Bronze Age ring cairn located 380 metres south of Vestinore in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM13109.
King's Knowe, ring cairn and prehistoric house 380m S of Vestinore dates from the bronze age period, and is classified as a ring cairn and prehistoric house 380m s of vestinore. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
King's Knowe, ring cairn and prehistoric house 380m S of Vestinore 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 SM13109.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cunningsburgh,steatite workings N and S of Catpund Burn (0.6 km), Broch of Burraland, broch 890m E of Curefield (4.9 km), Mousa, broch (5 km).
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