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St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Structure N
Cellular Building (Period Unassigned), Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Structure N
Classification Cellular Building (Period Unassigned), Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned), Hut (Period Unassigned)(Possible)
Canmore ID 294892
Site Number NF09NE 34
NGR NF 08446 99986
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294892
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (10 May 2009)
The remains of this cellular building are situated at the E end of a terrace and are overlain by two cleits and what may be the remains of a small hut or pen.
(Hirta 380-1; 2299)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 10 May 2009
Measured Survey (8 May 2009)
RCAHMS surveyed structure N, Gleann Mor on 8 May 2009 with plane table, alidade and tape at a scale of 1:100. The plan and section were redrawn in vector graphics software for publication at a scale of 1:200 (Gannon and Geddes 2015, 62).
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
