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North Ward is a Neolithic chambered cairn located at Noonsbrough in Shetland, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and represents the form of megalithic burial architecture characteristic of prehistoric Shetland communities. Like other chambered cairns of its type, it would have served as a communal burial monument, reflecting the social organisation and ritual practices of its period. The site is recorded within the historic environment record under the designation HES INSPIRE SM5560.
North Ward,chambered cairn,Noonsbrough is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5560. View the official record →
North Ward is a Neolithic chambered cairn located at Noonsbrough in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5560.
North Ward,chambered cairn,Noonsbrough dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn,noonsbrough. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
North Ward,chambered cairn,Noonsbrough 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 SM5560.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stanydale, cairns, 200m NNE of Northdykes (6.8 km), Stanydale, settlement, field system and cairns 620m ENE of Pund of Lea (7.8 km), Gallow Hill,cairns SW,S and SE of (7.8 km).
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