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
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301559
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
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
