Bakka Skeo, Hascosay
Chapel (Medieval)
Site Name Bakka Skeo, Hascosay
Classification Chapel (Medieval)
Canmore ID 1397
Site Number HU59SW 3
NGR HU 5452 9181
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1397
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Yell
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU59SW 3 5452 9181.
(HU 5451 9183) Chapel (LB) (Site of)
O.S.6"map, Shetland, 2nd ed.,(1900).
The site of an ancient chapel on a piece of arable land.
Name Book 1878.
The remains of a chapel, orientated E-W., denoted by slight, turf-covered wall footings, c.0.7m in width and c.0.3m in height. It consists of a nave measuring c.6.5m by c.4.7m internally, with indications of an entrance at the W. end, and chancel measuring c.3.2m by c.3.0m internally and is similar on plan to HP 50 SW, a 14th cent. church.
Only the N half of the graveyard wall remains.
Surveyed at 1/10,000 scale.
Visited by OS(RL) 8th May 1969.
