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St Kilda, Boreray

Cleit (Period Unassigned)

Site Name St Kilda, Boreray

Classification Cleit (Period Unassigned)

Canmore ID 310363

Site Number NA10SE 22

NGR NA 14997 05007

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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St Kilda, Boreray, Clagan na Rusgachan, Cleit.
St Kilda, Boreray, Clagan na Rusgachan, Cleit.St Kilda, Boreray, Clagan na Rusgachan. Telephoto shot from N looking onto E summit. The cleit is on the  high point.St Kilda, Boreray, Clagan na Rusgachan. General view, the cleit is on the  left hand summit.

Administrative Areas

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

Activities

Field Visit (1974 - 1984)

On scaling the pinnacle of Clagan na Rusgachan, Stuart Murray discovered a structure in the form of a miniature cleit. Inaccessible to all but professional climbers, no attempt was made to visit it. A photograph taken by Murray shows the structure roofless, with a large slab forming its seaward end on the SSE and other stones piled up to form its sides. Estimated from the rucksack appearing in the photograph, its interior is probably little more than 1m in length.

(Mary Harman Boreray 50)

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