Knowe Of Bakataing
Mound (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Knowe Of Bakataing
Classification Mound (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 1605
Site Number HY21NE 15
NGR HY 2816 1562
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/1605
- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Sandwick
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY21NE 15 2816 1562.
(HY 2816 1562) Knowe of Bakataing {NR}
O.S.6"map, Orkney, 2nd ed.,(1903).
Human bones and ashes were found in this small mound when it was being levelled for cultivation.
Name Book 1880.
No trace or local knowledge of this mound could be found. The position falls on slightly disturbed ground in a field under crop, and near a stream.
Visited by OS(NKB) 18 May 1966.
