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<< Our Photo Pages >> Gleann Mor - Standing Stones in Scotland in Isle of Harris

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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gleann Mor Alternative Name: St Kilda, Hirta
Country: Scotland
NOTE: This site is 0.5 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Isle of Harris Type: Standing Stones

Map Ref: NF08869943
Latitude: 57.812757N  Longitude: 8.590696W
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Gleann Mor
Gleann Mor submitted by cornishstargazer : Looking down from the ridge above there is evidence of rocks being set in a circular way. The climb to the hill from the village was strenuous and reaching the site would involve a scramble down the other side. Ron and Margaret Curtis visited in 2009 producing a handy little booklet. They felt this was a stone circle with a flattened edge style. The interior of the circle had been levelled with so... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Standing Stones on St Kidla. Classified as stone setting. At NF 0886 9943 on the lower slopes at the head of Gleann Mor, is a circle of stones 15.0m in diameter. The site is on a gentle incline, and the interior is perpetually wet due to the amount of water-seepage on this hillslope. About 12 stones remain on the perimeter, and there is one earthfast one some 2.0m in from the W side of the circle. A loose stone lies within.

The circle does not appear to be the remains of a fold, as one would expect more stone, or at least traces of an earth and stone bank, to indicate an enclosure. Its isolation from the settlement at the foot of the glen is another significant feature.
The site is slightly embanked (0.2m high) on the down-hill (north) side. (Stone settings have been recorded in association with 'Altars' on Soay and Boreray).
Visited by OS (J L D) 9 August 1967.

(Classification amended to enclosure and location amended to NF 08879 99423). This enclosure is situated on a grass slope at the head of Gleann Mor and is defined for the most part by a ring of intermittent boulders set within a low bank. It measures 14.7m from E to W by 13.5m transversely over a bank 0.5m in thickness and up to 0.4m in height, but on the upslope SE arc the bank has been reduced to a low scarp and for a short stretch it has been buried by hillwash.
Information from RCAHMS (ARG) 13 June 2008

NF 0886 9943 This site was surveyed and appeared in DES 2007, 198. The site was photographed and planned in 2008.
M R Curtis and G R Curtis, 2008

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NF0899 : Great Skua chick in Glen Mor by Des Colhoun
by Des Colhoun
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NF0899 : Bonxies by Russel Wills
by Russel Wills
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NF0899 : A picture of innocence in Gleann Mor by Des Colhoun
by Des Colhoun
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NF0899 : Gleann Mor, Hirta, St Kilda. by Ian Thomas
by Ian Thomas
©2005(licence)
NF0999 : Whimbrel on St Kilda by Bob Jones
by Bob Jones
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