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Skeo Knowe is a prehistoric mound situated approximately 200 metres east of Nissetter in Shetland, Scotland. The monument represents a burial or ceremonial earthwork of Bronze Age or Iron Age date, typical of the funerary landscape found throughout the Shetland Islands during these periods. The mound's precise archaeological character and dating would require specialist survey and excavation records held within the heritage record to establish with certainty. The site is recorded within the Historic Environment Record under the designation SM3562 and forms part of Shetland's significant corpus of prehistoric monumental remains.
Skeo Knowe,mound 200m E of Nissetter is a scheduled monument protected by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3562. View the official record →
Skeo Knowe is a prehistoric mound situated approximately 200 metres east of Nissetter in Shetland, Scotland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic Environment Scotland under reference SM3562.
Skeo Knowe,mound 200m E of Nissetter 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 SM3562.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Kames, coastal defence battery 100m SE of, Calback Ness (2.9 km), Burraland,broch 350m SSE of (3.2 km), Graven,chambered cairn 650m SW of (6.9 km).
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