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St Kilda, Hirta, Gearraidh Ard

Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned)

Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Gearraidh Ard

Classification Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned), Pen (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 302983

Site Number NF09NE 185

NGR NF 09701 99077

NGR Description from NF 09690 99023 to NF 09662 99150

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Stone maul or anvil
Stone maul or anvilSt Kilda, Village Bay. General view of cleitean and enclosures at Gearraidh Ard with Clash na Bearnaich in the foreground.View from SW

Administrative Areas

  • Council Western Isles
  • Parish Harris
  • Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
  • Former District Western Isles
  • Former County Inverness-shire

Activities

Field Visit (4 September 2007)

This group of fifteen cleits and a pen is situated towards the foot of the scree slope amongst areas of cleared ground and a pattern of enclosures that extends to the SSE. Of the cleits, only two retain all of their roof lintels (Hirta 832 and 846), seven are partially roofed and a further six are now roofless and in ruinous condition.

(Hirta 832, 834-6, 845-55, 2102)

Visited by RCAHMS (ARG,JRS) 4 September 2007

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