Site Event/Activity record EWE162 - St Kilda, Hirta, House 6

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Location Hirta, St Kilda
Grid reference NF 10133 99343 (point)
Map sheet NF19NW
Island Hirta, St Kilda
Parish HARRIS, Western Isles

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National Trust for Scotland

Date

2004

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A small excavation around House 6, Main Street, Hirta, was carried out in advance of a new drain. A large number of late 19th/early 20th-century artefacts were recovered, suggesting that the area behind and to the W side of the house had been used as a midden. Bain 2004, 136

Sources/Archives (1)

  • --- Bibliographic reference: Council for Scottish Archaeology. 2004. Discovery and Excavation in Scotland. New Series, Volume 5.

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

  • ST KILDA VILLAGE, HOUSE 6 (Monument)

Record last edited

Mar 28 2008 12:50PM

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