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Bekka Hill
Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Site Name Bekka Hill
Classification Chambered Cairn (Neolithic)
Canmore ID 704
Site Number HU34NW 4
NGR HU 34214 49368
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/704
- Council Shetland Islands
- Parish Sandsting
- Former Region Shetland Islands Area
- Former District Shetland
- Former County Shetland
Field Visit (22 June 1931)
Cairn, Bekka Hill, Loch of Semblister.
At an elevation of almost 200 ft. above sea level and a quarter of a mile E. of the S end of the Loch of Semblister is a much dilapidated cairn of large stones, which has a diameter of 27 ft.
RCAHMS 1946, visited 22 June 1931.
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)
Field Visit (18 June 1968)
HU34NW 4 3421 4936.
(HU 3420 4940) Cuml (OE) (Site of).
OS 6" map, Shetland, 2nd ed. (1903)
Although this cairn is badly mutilated, it can be seen to be heel-shaped with an almost straight SSE facade 7.2m long between two large earthfast stones at its extremities. The kerb is not very evident at the rear but it appears to measure c.5.0m from facade to rear. A huge upright block in the SW arc, forms part of the kerb. Two large earth-fast slabs in the centre seem to be part of a chamber rather than a cist, but no definite trace of a passage can be seen.
Visited by OS(AA) 18 June 1968
