Gleann Mòr

View from Traigh-stir on North Uist at sunset.

A long tunnel cuts through the headland of Gob na h-Àirde which is marked on OS maps as an arch. This is the view at the Gleann Mòr entrance looking towards the bay. Access is by a sloping ledge visible in NA0800 : Gob na h-Airde. The floor of the tunnel has the name Leacan an t-Sluic Mhóir that means The flagstones of the big hole. Jim Crumley in his book, Among Islands, published in 1994, commented that The Tunnel is a landscape out of the top drawer and that "The Trumpet-blowers played the thing down, for memory in such a landscape is not to be trusted". This is the first image inside the Tunnel on Geograph.

One of the many structures in Gleann Mor, St Kilda, but this one is the most studied and is named on OS Maps. In Gleann Mor, complex clusters of remains bear affinities with the building traditions of Iron Age wheelhouses, of particular note being the Amazon's House, with its central chamber and linked cells beneath turfed corbelling. Link

This spot provides a good view into Gleann Mòr towards The Cambir (An Campar).

The military encampment is noticeable and this image was taken when the North Uist Rocket Range was extensively used by NATO.

This radar station, located on Mullach Sgar, is one of two stations on the island which serve the South Uist rocket range. They contain equipment which allows them to track test firings on the range by radar, and to record images of missiles in flight. The second radar station on Hirta is located further north, on the summit of Mullach Mòr.

A small headland which forms the eastern side of Glen Bay on the north coast of Hirta, the principal island of the St Kilda archipelago.

This radar station is located on the summit of Mullach Mor. It is one of two radar stations on the island which serve the South Uist rocket range. They contain equipment which allows them to track test firings on the range by radar, and to record images of missiles in flight. The second radar station on Hirta is located further south, on Mullach Sgar (NF0998 : Radar Tracking Station on Mullach Sgar).

Hill at the north-western end of Hirta in the St Kilda archipelago.

The islands of Soay (Shoaigh) and Hirta (Hiort) in the St Kilda archipelago are separated by the narrow Sound of Soay which is only about 500 metres wide. Two sea stacks, Stac Shoaigh (Soay Stac) (200 ft), and Stac Biorach, (240 ft), lie between the two islands.

The islands of Soay (Shoaigh) and Hirta (Hiort) in the St Kilda archipelago are separated by the narrow Sound of Soay which is only about 500 metres wide. Two sea stacks, Stac Shoaigh (Soay Stac) (200 ft), and Stac Biorach, (240 ft), lie between the two islands.

The islands of Soay (Shoaigh) and Hirta (Hiort) in the St Kilda archipelago are separated by the narrow Sound of Soay which is only about 500 metres wide. Two sea stacks, Stac Shoaigh (Soay Stac) (200 ft), and Stac Biorach, (240 ft), lie between the two islands. Stac Shoaigh has an arch at its base.

Flowing past the western end of the old village.

With some of the maintained cleits along the banks.

A very old lineage of sheep, living wild on Hirta and Soay. They are tagged to monitor population fluctuations, which can be quite rapid.

With Soay Sheep now roaming free on what were the farmed fields.