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St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor

Cleit (Period Unassigned)

Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor

Classification Cleit (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 301559

Site Number NA00SE 76

NGR NA 08758 00294

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

Activities

Field Visit (10 September 2007)

This cleit is situated on a gentle N-facing slope, and its entrance is located towards the SE end of the NE side. Except for a missing lintel over the entrance, its roof is intact with only a small portion of turf cap remaining.

(Hirta 402)

Visited by RCAHMS (JRS, ARG) 10 September 2007

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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