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St Kilda, Hirta, Gearraidh Ard
Cleit (Period Unassigned), Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), Basin (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gearraidh Ard
Classification Cleit (Period Unassigned), Wall(S) (Period Unassigned), Basin (Stone)(Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 302043
Site Number NF09NE 123
NGR NF 09602 99392
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/302043
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (5 September 2007)
A cleit stands on a grass terrace at the head of an unnamed burn that flanks the W perimeter of the head dyke before it defiles into Village Bay. The cleit occupies a low mound and remains partially roofed with only a little of its turf cap surviving. A grass grown boulder wall runs from W to E down the slope to the SW corner of the mound and continues S after a break of 9.5m, where it follows the E side of the burn for a further 21m. A stone with a dished upper surface lies on the ground 9m to the E of the cleit; this is identified by Andrew Fleming as a rock basin.
(Hirta 872)
Visited by RCAHMS (JRS) 5 September 2007
