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Loch of Houlland Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated approximately 470 metres east of Clack in Shetland, Scotland. The cairn dates to the Bronze Age and represents one of many funerary structures distributed across the Shetland Islands from this period. Like other cairns of its type, it would have served as a burial marker and ritual focal point for local communities, though detailed archaeological investigation of this particular site remains limited in the published record.
Loch of Houlland, cairn 470m E of Clack is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3601. View the official record →
Loch of Houlland Cairn is a prehistoric burial monument situated approximately 470 metres east of Clack in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3601.
Loch of Houlland, cairn 470m E of Clack 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 SM3601.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Loch of Freester, chambered cairn 100m SE of Old Trafford (0.4 km), Benston,house 600m W of (0.6 km), Hard Knowe, cairn 330m N of Muness (0.6 km).
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