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Knowe Of Bakkasetter
Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Site Name Knowe Of Bakkasetter
Classification Burnt Mound (Prehistoric)
Canmore ID 521
Site Number HU31NE 1
NGR HU 37705 15502
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/521
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Dunrossness
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
HU31NE 1 3770 1550.
(HU 3770 1550) Tumulus (NR)
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903).
A mound of burnt stones.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 1930.
Knowe of Bakkasetter, a greatly reduced turf-covered burnt mound, c.1.0m high.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 9 May 1968.
Field Visit (17 July 1930)
Backasetter. A mound of burnt stones near the S extremity of the Loch of Spiggie, about 200 yds E of the houses.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 3 September 1930.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed., (1903), 'Tumulus'.
Field Visit (9 May 1968)
Knowe of Bakkasetter, a greatly reduced turf-covered burnt mound, c.1.0m high.
Resurveyed at 1/2500.
Visited by OS(RL) 9 May 1968.
