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Knowe of Brulland is a prehistoric cairn situated approximately 165 metres south-east of Windrush in Shetland, Scotland. The monument belongs to the Neolithic or Bronze Age period, representing the funerary or ceremonial practices of Shetland's early agricultural communities. The cairn consists of a mound of stones accumulated over a burial or ritual deposit, typical of cairn construction across the Northern Isles during the second and third millennia BC. Such monuments are significant for understanding settlement patterns, land use, and burial customs in prehistoric Shetland, though the specific contents and exact date of this particular cairn remain undocumented in the current scholarly record.
Knowe of Brulland, cairn 165m SE of Windrush is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2038. View the official record →
Knowe of Brulland is a prehistoric cairn situated approximately 165 metres south-east of Windrush in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM2038.
Knowe of Brulland, cairn 165m SE of Windrush 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 SM2038.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Grunna Water, burnt mound 400m NW of Houlland (8.7 km), Skellister, burnt mound 115m SW of (9 km), Houlland, prehistoric house 320m E of (9.3 km).
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