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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Gleann Mor Alternative Name: St Kilda, HirtaCountry: Scotland
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County: Isle of Harris Type: Standing Stones
Map Ref: NF08869943
Latitude: 57.812757N Longitude: 8.590696W
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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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
Source: Canmore
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