Village Bay

Nearest town:
Uig (134km E)
Latitude:
57° 48' 44.55 N
Longitude:
8° 34' 6.42 W
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Image of Village Bay (Cist) by drewbhoy

The remnants of the Bronze Age cist poke through at the bottom of a boundary between 2 houses (7&8).

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drewbhoy
drewbhoy Aug 22, 2017

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Village Bay

drewbhoy
drewbhoy Sep 12, 2017

When walking along Hirta Main Street keep a count of the houses and look for houses 7 and 8. Follow the wall that marks their plot border towards Hirta Bay until it stops, a few yards in front is the remnants of the cist. That is the easy way, I on the other hand decided that almost every neuk and crannie had to be explored.

Not much remains except for some stones set on edge, the loose lintels have probably been placed in one of the nearby walls.

When you look up and all round from this location you can see what a huge amphitheatre this place is, just how high the hills are and just how good the prehistoric folks nautical skills were. Then a helicopter interrupts, look slightly to the east and the view is of large tanks of the fuel variety. Prehistory and modern life in the space of a second.

Visited 2/8/2017.

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