Shapinsay, Haco's Ness
Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Site (Period Unassigned)
Site Name Shapinsay, Haco's Ness
Classification Dyke(S) (Period Unassigned)(Possible), Site (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Hack's Ness
Canmore ID 3104
Site Number HY51SW 11
NGR HY 522 148
NGR Description From HY 5222 1491 to HY 5237 1484
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Orkney Islands
- Parish Shapinsay
- Former Region Orkney Islands Area
- Former District Orkney
- Former County Orkney
HY51SW 11 522 148.
From HY 5222 1491 to 5237 1484
Orkney Smr Note (November 1984)
The chambered cairn on Hacos Ness is overlain by dykes
belonging to derelict quoys. Extending SE from these towards the
tiny bothy at the extreme point of the Ness, is a very
indeterminate band of smallish stones almost flush with the turf.
In some places this appears as a single band some 5m wide,
elsewhere it seems to be two parallel bands separated by a narrow
space, as if there has been a walled lane perhaps for driving
sheep along. There is no structure apparent anywhere. 25m short
of the Ness it stops as a T-junction with a narrow dyke running
from the sea side to the modern field fence. This dyke appears
as the foundation of a conventional dyke 0.6m broad, but both it
and the vestigial broad wall or walls appear to be older than the
ruined quoys and not to be associated with them.
OR 1089,
Information from Orkney SMR (RGL) Nov 84.