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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Places near here
St Kilda, Village BayStructure(s) (period Unknown) · 23 yd
St Kilda cemeteryChurch, cross or graveyard · 30 yd
Cemetery with Bagh a' Bhaile or Loch Hiort beyondChurch, cross or graveyard · 37 yd
St Kilda, HirtaNo Class (event) (period Unassigned) · 84 yd
St Kilda, Hirta, Village Bay, House of the FairiesMan-made underground passage (prehistoric), Spearhead (iron)(viking) · 84 yd
Inside A Black House RuinOld home or work place · 97 yd
Early Christian CrossChurch, cross or graveyard · 118 yd
Beach on HirtaBeach · 248 yd
Island defencesIsland · 487 yd
The Upper Waterfall on Abhainn Mhor on HirtaWaterfall · 604 yd
Bàgh a' BhaileBay · 678 yd
Rubha ChallaHeadland · 850 yd