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St Kilda, Boreray, Mcphaidein's Cleits
Cleit (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Boreray, Mcphaidein's Cleits
Classification Cleit (Period Unassigned)
Canmore ID 315934
Site Number NA10SE 42.04
NGR NA 15500 04691
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/315934
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
Field Visit (14 July 2010)
This cleit stands complete on the NW flank of the settlement mound. Overall it measures 3.6m in length from ESE to WNW by 2.5m in breadth and the walls are generally about 0.75m in thickness, though the outer face has largely fallen away, excepting one sector on the SSW. The interior is 2.8m in length and expands in breadth from 0.65m at the entrance at the ENE end to a maximum of 1.2m towards the lower end. The seven lintels supporting the roof remain in place, generally standing about 0.85m above the floor, and from the top of the roof at the upper end to the foot of the wall on the WNW is a height of 2.2m. At the entrance there is step down into the interior some 0.3m high and built of coursed stones, on the E side a single blocking stone can be seen set up on its end.
(Mary Harman Boreray 32)
Visited by RCAHMS (SH & IP) 14th July 2010
