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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 301560

Site Number NA00SE 77

NGR NA 08809 00305

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Digital Images

St Kilda, Gleann Mor.
RCAHMS Field Survey Drawing, 3 of 5.
Titled: ' Gleann mor, St Kilda, Sheet 2'
St Kilda, Gleann Mor.
RCAHMS Field Survey Drawing, 3 of 5.
Titled: ' Gleann mor, St Kilda, Sheet 2'
St Kilda, Gleann Mor. General view showing gathering folds, cleitean etc. on the eastern side.

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 has been built on a steep W-facing slope. Its roof remains intact.

(Hirta 400)

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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