External Reference

Date 22 April 1996

Event ID 667318

Category Documentary Reference

Type External Reference

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/667318

HP60NW 22 centred 6460 0940

The monument known as Hamar, Norse settlement ENE of, Baltasound comprises the remains of a Viking period settlement, probably dating from the 9th to 10th centuries AD. The remains take the form of the foundations of a bow-walled longhouse, several lesser buildings and enclosure walls.

The site has been known locally for many years as Yakob Yahorasons or Yahorabsons.

Information from Historic Scotland (scheduling notice dated 22 April 1996).