Monument record 480 - GLEANN MOR, ST KILDA

NF09NE 10 0886 9943.

At NF 08869943 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.