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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).
