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St Kilda, Boreray, General
General View (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Boreray, General
Classification General View (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Boraraigh
Canmore ID 139759
Site Number NA10NE 2
NGR NA 1550 0500
NGR Description Centred on NA 1550 0500
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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DP 046565
St Kilda, Boreray. View of Boreray from Hirta.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046569
St Kilda, Boreray. View of Boreray from Hirta.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046611
St Kilda, Boreray. Silhouette from the sea.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099629
St Kilda, Boreray, view of sea cliffs.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/6/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134109
Oblique aerial view of the cliffs on Boreray at Creagan Fharspeig, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134190
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on Stac Lee, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 164726
St Kilda, Boreray, Clagan na Rusgachan. Short section of wall.
Stuart Murray
14/7/2010
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 166342
R Simpson & M Harman at col between triple summits of Clagan na rusgachan, 18.6.85
Stuart Murray
6/1985
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 167176
General oblique aerial view of Boreray, St Kilda, looking to the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 167182
Oblique aerial view of Boreray, St Kilda.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1467581
Boreray, St. Kilda. Photographic copy of postcard of general view of Boreray (postcard titled: 'The island of Boreray, St.Kilda. 6206 G.W.W).
George Washington Wilson
1885
DP 252032
Puffins on the lintels of a cleit
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 285758
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 285767
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 285773
Gannets on Boreray
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 046606
St Kilda, Boreray. Stac Lee.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046614
St Kilda, Boreray. Silhouette from the sea.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099630
St Kilda, Boreray, view of Mullach an Eilean with Stac an Armin in the bottom left background.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
18/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 114490
The eastern part of the S side of Boreray
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134111
General oblique aerial view of the island of Boreray, taken from the NE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134197
Oblique aerial view of the SSW-facing side of Boreray and the cliffs at the S end, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134231
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, taken from the SE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 148642
View to Boreray (St Kilda) from Clettraval, North Uist.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 150310
General shot of the Cleitean McPhaidein.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 166338
View from north summit of Clagan na Rusgachan. May 1979.
Stuart Murray
5/1979
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 166344
M Harman climbing out from Clagan na Rusgachan 18.6.85
Stuart Murray
6/1985
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 167415
Stac Lee summit view of Boreray.
Stuart Murray
31/5/1977
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
SC 1544119
View of part of Claig na Runaich cNA152053
Papers of Dr Mary Harman, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
1977
© Copyright: Mary Harman. Courtesy of HES.
DP 252038
Survey team campsite
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 258163
General view of Boreray from the Gap
Historic Environment Scotland
9/8/2017
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046604
St Kilda, Boreray. Stac Lee, with Hirta and Soay in the distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099634
St Kilda, Boreray, sheep with Stac Lee in the background. © Stuart Murray
Stuart Murray
13/6/2011
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 108065
St Kilda, Hirta. View looking NE from Hirta towards Boreray.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/2004
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134188
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on the island of Boreray, taken from the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 148640
View to Hirte and Boreray (St Kilda) from Hogha Gearraidh, North Uist.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 148641
View to Hirte and Boreray (St Kilda) from Clettraval, North Uist.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 164898
St Kilda, Boreray, Stuart Murray at dry-stone walling on Na Roachan cliffs.
Stuart Murray
12/7/2010
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 166333
Stuart Murray on SE summit of Clagan na Rusgachan 14_7_77
Stuart Murray
14/7/1977
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 167174
General oblique aerial view of Boreray, St Kilda, looking to the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 197675
General view of mast at Mullach Mor, St Kilda, with Boreray in the distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
26/8/2014
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 212706
Boreray, St Kilda. Landing expedition supplies.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
10/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 251259
Boreray from the sea
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
15/5/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 251600
Boreray from the sea
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/9/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 252033
Puffins on the lintels of a cleit
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 252047
Survey team departing Boreray
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
19/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 252048
Survey team departing St Kilda - Strat Halliday, Jill Harden and Stuart Murray
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 252049
Puffins on a cleit
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046583
St Kilda, Boreray. View of Boreray from Hirta.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099627
St Kilda, Boreray, view of Stac an Armin. © Stuart Murray
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
13/6/2011
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 099637
St Kilda, Boreray, RCAHMS survey team landing on Boreray.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
10/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134116
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on the island of Boreray, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134191
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on Stac Lee, taken from the ESE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1351915
St Kilda, Boreray, RCAHMS map.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
6/9/2011
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 166337
Man made belay stances on Clagan na Rusgachan. May 1979.
Stuart Murray
5/1979
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 251497
View from Hirta
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/2004
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 251498
View from Hirta
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/2004
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 285763
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 285764
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 285774
General view of Cleitean McPhaidein
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 417323
Oblique aerial view of Ensay, Pabbay and St Kilda
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
3/12/2023
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
SC 797753
Digital image of RAF vertical aerial view of Hirta, St. Kilda.
14/7/1965
© RCAHMS
DP 046574
St Kilda, Boreray. View of Boreray from Hirta.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046601
St Kilda, Boreray. Stac an Armin.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046603
St Kilda, Boreray. Stac Lee in the foreground, with Hirta and Soay in the distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 046609
St Kilda, Boreray. Guillemots on sea cliff.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1225645
Publication drawing; St Kilda archipelago.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
c. 1986
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099633
St Kilda, Boreray, cultivation terraces.
Stuart Murray
13/6/2011
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 099635
St Kilda, Boreray. Ian Parker of RCAHMS plotting a cleit using a DGPS data logger.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
11/6/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099638
St Kilda, Boreray, view towards Dun, Hirta and Soay.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
13/6/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 108060
St Kilda, Boreray. View looking south towards Boreray and Stac Lee with Hirta in the distance.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 108061
St Kilda, Boreray. View looking SE towards Boreray.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
5/2007
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134113
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on the island of Boreray, taken from the SSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134195
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on Stac an Armin, taken from the SW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134196
Oblique aerial view of the SSW-facing side of Boreray, taken from the S.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 167173
General oblique aerial view of the S end of Boreray, St Kilda, looking to the WNW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 167177
General oblique aerial view of Stac Lee, Stac an Armin and Boreray, St Kilda, looking to the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 167180
Oblique aerial view of Tigh Stallar, Boreray, St Kilda, looking to the WSW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 167181
Oblique aerial view of Boreray, St Kilda.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
SC 1475399
View of Boreray and Stac an Armin from the sea looking west.
Papers of Dr J N Graham Ritchie, and Dr Anna Ritchie, archaeologists, Edinburgh, Scotland
6/2000
© RCAHMS
SC 1544153
View across Sunadal slopes
Papers of Dr Mary Harman, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
1977
© Copyright: Mary Harman. Courtesy of HES.
DP 251825
View from Hirta to Boreray
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
8/2009
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 285776
General view
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
19/8/2018
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 046605
St Kilda, Boreray. Stac an Armin.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 099632
St Kilda, Boreray, view of Boreray's sea cliffs.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
20/6/2010
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 108058
St Kilda, Boreray. View looking SW from Boreray towards Hirta.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 108062
St Kilda, Boreray. Gannets nesting on the cliffs of Boreray.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134110
Oblique aerial view of the cliffs on Boreray at Creagan na Rubhaig Bana, taken from the E.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134189
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on the island of Boreray, taken from the W.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134220
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, centred on the island of Boreray, taken from the N.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 134230
General oblique aerial view of St Kilda, taken from the SSE.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
2/5/2012
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 150337
General shot looking towards Oiseval on Hirte, and Boreray in the distance. Stuart Murray, Jill Harden and Strat Halliday in shot.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
1/3/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 166335
Man made belay stances on Clagan na Rusgachan with R Simpson. May 1979.
Stuart Murray
5/1979
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 166343
View from the col on Clagan na Rusgachan (north summit on left with gannets) 18.6.85
Stuart Murray
6/1985
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 166350
Stuart Murray on Boreray landing 17.8.79
Stuart Murray
17/8/1979
© Copyright: Stuart Murray. Courtesy of HES.
DP 167183
Oblique aerial view of Tigh Stallar, Boreray, St Kilda, looking to the NW.
RCAHMS Aerial Photography Digital
6/9/2013
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 252039
Sunset over Boreray
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
12/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 252043
Survey team and equipment landing on Boreray: Strat Halliday, Stuart Murray, Jill Harden, Sarah Wanless.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
10/7/2010
© Crown Copyright: HES
DP 417322
Oblique aerial view of Ensay, Pabbay and St Kilda
Papers of Dr George F Geddes, archaeologist, Edinburgh, Scotland
3/12/2023
© Copyright: G F Geddes. Courtesy of HES.
DP 046599
St Kilda, Boreray. Stac Lee.
Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
16/5/2008
© Crown Copyright: HES
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- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
The other islands in the St. Kilda group are DUN, separated by a narrow gap from Hirta to its north east; cliff-girt SOAY to the north west; and BORERAY four miles to the north east of Hirta, on whose dizzying cliffs the annual massacre of gannets (guga) took place in September and eggs were gathered in Spring. Sheep graze on the grassy eastern slope and summit, where the remains of an Iron Age wheelhouse (later a bothy) and lazy beds can be seen. Just off Boreray tower Stac an Armin (the highest sea rock in Britain) and Stac Lee, with a bothy of ancient origins on its summit.
Taken from "Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide", by Mary Miers, 2008. Published by the Rutland Press http://www.rias.org.uk
