St Kilda, Hirta, Mullach Sgar
Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned), Concrete Platform (20th Century)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Mullach Sgar
Classification Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned), Concrete Platform (20th Century)
Canmore ID 244229
Site Number NF09NE 23
NGR NF 09270 98998
NGR Description from NF 09208 98941 to NF 09372 99057
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/244229
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF09NE 23 centred on NF 093 990
(NF 101 991 centre) A watching brief was carried out in 2002 on Mullach Sgar during relocation of concrete plinths. Three holes were machine-excavated, but no evidence of structures or artefacts was noted. Further works to erect a crash barrier were also carried out on previously disturbed ground, and no evidence of structures or artefacts was noted.
Report to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: NTS.
S Bain 2002
Watching Brief (2002)
(NF 101 991 centre) A watching brief was carried out in 2002 on Mullach Sgar during relocation of concrete plinths. Three holes were machine-excavated, but no evidence of structures or artefacts was noted. Further works to erect a crash barrier were also carried out on previously disturbed ground, and no evidence of structures or artefacts was noted.
Report to be deposited in the NMRS.
Sponsor: NTS.
S Bain 2002
Field Visit (14 May 2007)
A square concrete stance and a group of 29 cleits stretch across the summit and upper slopes of Mullach Sgar to either side of the road leading SSW to Ruaival. The stance (Hirta 2062) is 19m to the WSW of the road and is mounted by a square block located off-centre to the S. Of the cleits, only two retain their roofs and turf caps (Hirta 528, 536), twelve remain partially roofed, ten are roofless and in ruinous condition, and a further five have been reduced to little more than grass grown stony mounds.
(Hirta 520-46, 2061-3, 2085-6, 2088)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 14 May 2007
