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St Kilda, Hirta, Leacan An Eitheir
Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Leacan An Eitheir
Classification Clearance Cairn (Period Unassigned), Cleit(S) (Period Unassigned)
Alternative Name(s) Geo Chruadalian
Canmore ID 3964
Site Number NA00SE 6
NGR NA 08544 00176
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/3964
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NA00SE 6 0853 0020.
NA 0855 0014. On the edge of the bluff overlooking Glen Bay are two cairns 11.0m apart, and a possible third some 8.0m to the E. The north-easterly one is 7.5m in diameter and 0.4m high. The other, 8.5m in diameter and 0.7m high, appears to have been opened in the centre. A large prostrate slab lies beside the disturbance. Both cairns consist of turf-covered stones, and are smoothed down with weathering.
Nearby, are three or four 'platforms' which may indicate the sites of huts, but time did not permit the planning of these, and excavation would be required.
Visited by OS (J L D) 10 August 1967.
Field Visit (10 August 1967)
NA 0855 0014. On the edge of the bluff overlooking Glen Bay are two cairns 11.0m apart, and a possible third some 8.0m to the E. The north-easterly one is 7.5m in diameter and 0.4m high. The other, 8.5m in diameter and 0.7m high, appears to have been opened in the centre. A large prostrate slab lies beside the disturbance. Both cairns consist of turf-covered stones, and are smoothed down with weathering.
Nearby, are three or four 'platforms' which may indicate the sites of huts, but time did not permit the planning of these, and excavation would be required.
Visited by OS (J L D) 10 August 1967.
Change Of Classification (3 September 2009)
Change of classification arising from field checking. The NGR was also amended from NA 0853 0020 to NA 08544 00176.
Measured Survey (5 September 2009 - 9 September 2009)
RCAHMS surveyed Gleann Mor, Hirta, St Kilda between 5-9 September 2008, using GPS data and ground observation, to produce a site plan at a scale of 1:500 across five survey sheets. These survey drawings were later used as the basis for a site plan redrawn in vector graphics software for publication at a scale of 1:2500 (Gannon and Geddes 2015,84)
Field Visit (4 September 2009)
The two cairns mentioned in the OS account of 1967 appear to equate with a clearance cairn and a collapsed cleit (Hirta 2142 and 367 respectively).
(Hirta 367, 2142-3)
Visited by RCAHMS (ARG) 4 September 2009
