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St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Structure B

Gathering Fold (Post Medieval)

Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Structure B

Classification Gathering Fold (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 294880

Site Number NF09NE 32

NGR NF 08570 99829

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Harris
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Archaeology Notes

Activities

Publication Account (1988)

A sample of structures within Gleann Mor was surveyed in detail by RCAHMS 1983-6. Each was provided with a detailed description and a plan.

Stell and Harman 1988

Field Visit (8 May 2009)

This gathering fold stands in a sheltered hollow immediately below a spring.

Visited by RCAHMS (SPH, ARG) 8 May 2009

Measured Survey (5 September 2009 - 9 September 2009)

RCAHMS surveyed Gleann Mor, Hirta, St Kilda between 5-9 September 2008, using GPS data and ground observation, to produce a site plan at a scale of 1:500 across five survey sheets. These survey drawings were later used as the basis for a site plan redrawn in vector graphics software for publication at a scale of 1:2500 (Gannon and Geddes 2015,84)

Condition Survey (December 2012)

A monitoring survey of twenty structures in Gleann Mor was undertaken in 2012.

NTS 2012

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