Skaw, Boat-Roofed Shed Unst, Scotland
Listed Building Data
Skaw, Boat-Roofed Shed has been designated a scheduled monument in Scotland with the following information. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- Historic Scotland ID
- 392152 (entity ID)
- Building ID
- 45297
- Canmore ID
- 163870
- Category
- C
- Name
- Skaw, Boat Roofed Shed
- Parish
- Unst
- County
- Shetland Islands
- Easting
- 465849
- Northing
- 1216408
- Date Listed
- 30 March 1998
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
Circa 1940. Outbuilding to N of Skaw Cottage comprising roughly oval battered random rubble base with door centred to SE side, roofed with over-turned and tarred former lifeboat.
Listed Building Statement of Special Interest
Text courtesy of Historic Environment Scotland. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
The boat used for this shed was one of 2 lifeboats from the British steamer Sea Venture, which was sunk by a German submarine on 20th October 1939. Once a fairly common sight in Shetland, these boat-roofed sheds are becoming increasingly rare.
