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Setter is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 300 metres south of Seli Voe in Shetland, Scotland. The monument dates to the Neolithic period and belongs to the tradition of communal burial structures characteristic of prehistoric northern Britain. Like other chambered cairns of Shetland, it would have functioned as a collective burial monument, reflecting the social practices and monumental ambitions of early farming communities. The site is recorded in the Shetland archaeological record under the Historic Environment Scotland designation SM5715.
Setter,chambered cairn 300m S of,Seli Voe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5715. View the official record →
Setter is a Neolithic chambered cairn located approximately 300 metres south of Seli Voe in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM5715.
Setter,chambered cairn 300m S of,Seli Voe dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a chambered cairn 300m s of,seli voe. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Setter,chambered cairn 300m S of,Seli Voe 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 SM5715.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Craw Knowe,chambered cairn (0.5 km), Setter,chambered cairn 470m NE of,Seli Voe (0.7 km), Ness of Gruting,burnt mound,farmsteads and field systems (1.6 km).
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