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St Kilda, Hirta, Village Bay

Cross Incised Stone (early Medieval)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records St Kilda, Hirta, Village Bay as Cross Incised Stone (early Medieval). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1m. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
St Kilda, Hirta, Village Bay is associated with the early medieval Christian presence on the remote archipelago of St Kilda, named after the Irish saint Kilda, who is said to have settled there in the 6th century. The incised cross stone reflects the island’s historical connection to early Celtic Christianity, though specific local cures or rituals linked to the site are not well documented.

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