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St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Structure P
Cellular Building (Period Unassigned), Gathering Fold (Post Medieval)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor, Structure P
Classification Cellular Building (Period Unassigned), Gathering Fold (Post Medieval)
Canmore ID 294894
Site Number NF09NE 36
NGR NF 08491 99974
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/294894
- 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 a cellular building have been partly incorporated into a later gathering fold and are situated at the foot of a long grass and boulder strewn slope. A small cleit-like structure has been built against the N wall of the fold.
(Hirta 382-3)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 10 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
