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St Kilda, Hirta, The Cambir

Bothy (Post Medieval)(Possible), Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, The Cambir

Classification Bothy (Post Medieval)(Possible), Enclosure (Post Medieval)

Canmore ID 296509

Site Number NA00SE 12

NGR NA 07552 00774

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/296509

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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

Activities

Field Visit (11 May 2008)

A building, thought to be a bothy, is situated on a boulder slope. An enclosure adjoins its SE corner.

(Hirta 2216)

Visited by RCAHMS (AGCH) 11 May 2008

Measured Survey (10 May 2009)

RCAHMS surveyed building 2216, Hirta, St Kilda on 10 May 2009 with plane table and alidade at a scale of 1:100. The plan and section were later redrawn in vector graphics software for publication at a scale of 1:200 (Gannon and Geddes 2015, 88).

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