Monument record 486 - CLAIGEANN AN TIGH FAIRE, ST KILDA
Summary
Location
| Grid reference | NF 08360 99270 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | NF09NE |
| Island | Hirta, St Kilda |
| Parish | HARRIS, Western Isles |
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Full Description
NF09NE 3 0836 9927.
(NF 08309932) Claigeann an Tigh Faire (NR)
OS 6"map, annotated by J Mathieson (1928)
Tigh na faire - a watch-house, at one time manned day and night.
J Mathieson 1928.
At Claigeann an Tigh Faire there is a platform on the hillside, half quarried and half built up, the floor of which is ringed with slabs of stone set on edge with their long axes on the circumference of a circle about 30ft in diameter. The entrance was not apparent.
Information from R Ritchie (MPBW Mss) 1957.
NF 08369927. Situated on the high ridge approach to Mullach Bi, this hut floor is scooped into thehill-slope overlooking Gleann Mor. It measures 7.5 x 6.2m, the height at the rear of the platform being 1.2m at the centre. A ring of stones outlines the hut.
Visited by OS (J L D) 9 August 1967.
J Mathieson, 1927-8, Proc Soc Antiq Scot, 127 (Bibliographic reference). SWE5190.
Sources/Archives (1)
- --- SWE5190 Bibliographic reference: J Mathieson. 1927-8. Proc Soc Antiq Scot. 62. 123-32. 127.
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Record last edited
Jul 28 2005 2:24PM
