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St Kilda, Hirta, Mullach Geal
Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Mullach Geal
Classification Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 301731
Site Number NF09NE 98
NGR NF 09245 99645
NGR Description from NF 09138 99456 to NF 09291 99806
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/301731
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (10 May 2007 - 6 May 2008)
This group of 61 cleits extends across the flat summit of Mullach Geal to either side of the road leading up to the radar station. The cleits are spread over an area measuring 380m from NNE to SSW by 100m transversely, running from NF 09138 99456 in the SSW to NF 09291 99806 in the NNE, with a cluster of thirteen in the ESE (Hirta 589-601). Of the group only eight remain roofed with remnants of their turf caps, twenty-seven retain one or more of their roof lintels, seventeen are now roofless and ruinous, and a further nine have been reduced to grass grown mounds or footings. The external faces of many of these cleits are made up of small stones and on plan their downslope ends are relatively square.
(Hirta 576-628, 2051-6, 2132-3)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 6 May 2008
