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Kirk Score is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on Russa Ness in Shetland, Scotland, representing a significant funerary monument of the period around 3500–2500 BCE. The site comprises not only the chambered cairn itself but also associated settlement remains and field systems, indicating sustained occupation and land management in the Neolithic era. The cairn structure would originally have contained an internal chamber for collective burial, typical of Neolithic monumental practice in northern Scotland. The presence of contemporary settlement features and cultivated field boundaries demonstrates the integration of ritual funerary sites within working Neolithic communities, reflecting patterns of land use and territorial organisation characteristic of early agricultural societies in Shetland.
Kirk Score, chambered cairn, settlement and field system, Russa Ness is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5718. View the official record →
Kirk Score is a Neolithic chambered cairn located on Russa Ness in Shetland, Scotland, representing a significant funerary monument of the period around 3500–2500 BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5718.
Kirk Score, chambered cairn, settlement and field system, Russa Ness dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn, settlement and field system, russa ness. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Kirk Score, chambered cairn, settlement and field system, Russa Ness 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 SM5718.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hill of Olligarth,settlement and field system NE of (2.4 km), Whiteness Junction,burnt mound 150m W of Stebbligrind (2.7 km), Kirk Holm,monastic settlement,Sand (3 km).
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