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St Kilda, Hirta, Village Bay, Cleit 74
Cleit (Post Medieval), Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Site Name St Kilda, Hirta, Village Bay, Cleit 74
Classification Cleit (Post Medieval), Cross Incised Stone (Early Medieval)
Canmore ID 9644
Site Number NF09NE 12
NGR NF 09970 99363
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/9644
- Council Western Isles
- Parish Harris
- Former Region Western Isles Islands Area
- Former District Western Isles
- Former County Inverness-shire
NF09NE 12 0997 9934.
In use as a ceiling slab in a cleit situated between the Abhainn Mhor and the grave-yard.
M Harman 1979.
(2) Slab identified in 1977 in re-use as a ceiling-lintel in the drystone cleit or storehouse no.74, about 65m W of the burial-ground (NF 0997 9936). It measures 0.64m in visible length, both ends being concealed, by 0.27m in width, and is much worn at the left edge. The visible face bears an outline cross at least 0.35m high by 0.18m across the arms, which were probably set at mid-height. The foot of the shaft is rounded, but the ends of the other arms are damaged or hidden and their form is uncertain. In the angles of the arms there are L-shaped grooves forming an outer cross with arms 70mm wide.
I Fisher 2001, 113-114.
