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St Kilda, Hirta, Leacan An Eitheir
Building (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Leacan An Eitheir
Classification Building (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Geo Chruadalian
Canmore ID 301433
Site Number NA00SE 60
NGR NA 08545 00246
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301433
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (12 May 2008)
This subrectangular building lies on a grassy terrace above the scoured rocks of Glen Bay. A large block of outcrop lies immediately to the SE where the ground begins to rise on to the terrace above.
(Hirta 2147)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 12 May 2008
Measured Survey (8 September 2008)
RCAHMS surveyed building 2147, Gleann Mor on 8 September 2008 with plane table, alidade and tape at a scale of 1:100. The survey was redrawn in the field on 11 May 2009 at the same scale. The plan was later used as the basis of an illustration produced in vector graphics software for publication at a scale of 1:200 (Gannon and Geddes 2015, 85).
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)
