Unstan Chambered Cairn
Unstan is a Neolithic chambered cairn located about 2 mi north-east of Stromness on Mainland, Orkney, Scotland. The tomb was built on a promontory that extends into the Loch of Stenness near the settlement of Howe.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: neolithic chambered cairn
- Also known as: “Knowe of Onston,or Unstan,chambered cairn”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ring of Brodgar and Standing Stones of Stenness.
Ring of Brodgar
Heath
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Ring of Brodgar is a Neolithic henge and stone circle about 6 miles north-east of Stromness on Mainland, the largest island in Orkney, Scotland. It is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site known as the Heart of Neolithic Orkney. Ring of Brodgar is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Standing Stones of Stenness
Archaeological site
Photo: Otter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Standing Stones of Stenness are a Neolithic monument five miles northeast of Stromness on the mainland of Orkney, Scotland. This may be the oldest henge site in the British Isles. Standing Stones of Stenness is situated 1½ miles east of Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Maeshowe
Protected area
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Maeshowe is a Neolithic chambered cairn and passage grave situated on Mainland Orkney, Scotland. It was probably built around 2800 BC. In the archaeology of Scotland, it gives its name to the Maeshowe type of chambered cairn, which is limited to Orkney. Maeshowe is situated 2½ miles east of Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cairston and Stenness.
Cairston
Locality
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cairston is a village on Mainland, in Orkney, Scotland. The settlement is within the parish of Stromness.
Stenness
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Stenness is a small, scattered village in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, on the A965 main road between Kirkwall and Stromness. It has several UNESCO World Heritage Listed neolithic sights: the Stones, Maeshowe and Ring of Brodgar, with Skara Brae a few miles further north.
Bu‘ Point
Locality
Photo: John Ireland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bu‘ Point is a locality, which is situated 1½ miles south of Unstan Chambered Cairn.
Unstan Chambered Cairn
- Categories: archaeological site, cairn, chambered cairn, tourism, and historic site
- Location: Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
58.98659° or 58° 59′ 12″ northLongitude
-3.24941° or 3° 14′ 58″ westOpen location code
9CCRXQP2+J6OpenStreetMap ID
way 251850964OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1568701
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Ukrainian—“Unstan Chambered Cairn” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Cairn de cambres d’Unstan”
- Dutch: “Unstan Chambered Cairn”
- German: “Onstan Cairn”
- German: “Unstan Cairn”
- Russian: “Анстен”
- Spanish: “Cairn de cámaras de Unstan”
- Ukrainian: “Анстен”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Site of Little Sheshmire and The Howe.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Unstan Chambered Cairn”. Photo: Bruce McAdam, CC BY-SA 2.0.