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St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor

Cleit (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gleann Mor

Classification Cleit (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned)

Alternative Name(s) Abhainn A' Ghlinne Mhoir

Canmore ID 301586

Site Number NF09NE 73

NGR NF 08777 99790

NGR Description centred NF 08777 99790

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Enclosure at NF 08777 99790
Enclosure at NF 08777 99790Enclosure at NF 08777 99790

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)

An enclosure, now defined by an intermittent stony bank, lies on level ground immediately to the N of a tributary of the burn Abhainn a' Ghlinne Mhoir. A roofless and ruinous cleit stands to the NW coinciding with a gap in the enclosure's perimeter.

(Hirta 428)

Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 10 September 2007

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