St Kilda, Hirta, Geo Chrubaidh
Cleit (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Geo Chrubaidh
Classification Cleit (Period Unassigned), Enclosure (Period Unassigned), Wall (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Glen Bay
Canmore ID 3963
Site Number NA00SE 5
NGR NA 07885 00567
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3963
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NA00SE 5 0790 0055.
At NA 0790 0055, situated on a natural terrace overlooking Glen Bay, are at least 4 hut circles, and other 'platforms' suggest the sites of others. The best defined hut consists of a course of stones - the remnant of a wall - around the perimeter of a slightly scooped platform, 4.0m in diameter.
20.0m E of this a cleit occupies the site of another, also 4.0m in diameter, slightly scooped into the hillside, and with a course of stones on the perimeter. 30.0m W of the first mentioned hut, is a slightly hollowed area, now waterlogged, with a ring of stones on the perimeter, 4.0m in diameter, which appears to be the remains of yet another hut; and some 30.0m SW of this is another scooped platform, 5.0m in diameter, which would appear without doubt to be another hut floor, although traces of a stone wall are lacking. Vestiges of an old boulder wall can be seen running E-W through the site of these huts. Entrances were not apparent in any of the huts.
Visited by OS (J L D) 9 August 1967.
Scheduled as St Kilda, Geo Chrubaidh, settlement.
Information from Historic Scotland, scheduling document dated 21 May 2002.
Field Visit (9 August 1967)
At NA 0790 0055, situated on a natural terrace overlooking Glen Bay, are at least 4 hut circles, and other 'platforms' suggest the sites of others. The best defined hut consists of a course of stones - the remnant of a wall - around the perimeter of a slightly scooped platform, 4.0m in diameter.
20.0m E of this a cleit occupies the site of another, also 4.0m in diameter, slightly scooped into the hillside, and with a course of stones on the perimeter. 30.0m W of the first mentioned hut, is a slightly hollowed area, now waterlogged, with a ring of stones on the perimeter, 4.0m in diameter, which appears to be the remains of yet another hut; and some 30.0m SW of this is another scooped platform, 5.0m in diameter, which would appear without doubt to be another hut floor, although traces of a stone wall are lacking. Vestiges of an old boulder wall can be seen running E-W through the site of these huts. Entrances were not apparent in any of the huts.
Visited by OS (J L D) 9 August 1967.
Field Visit (2 September 2008)
(Hirta 173 and 2259)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 2 September 2008
Change Of Classification (27 November 2009)
Site formerly classified as SETTLEMENT. Reviewed and changed during the course of field survey.
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 27 November 2009
