Cleit
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cleit-282-9508724
title:
Cleit
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A cleit is a stone storage hut or bothy, uniquely found on the isles and stacs of St Kilda; whilst many are still to be found, they are slowly falling into disrepair. There are known to be 1,260 cleitean on Hirta and a further 170 on the other St Kilda-group islands. The outlying island of Boreray has the Cleitean MacPhàidein, a "cleit village" of three small bothies, which were used on a regular basis during fowling expeditions from Hirta. As a result of a smallpox outbreak on Hirta in 1727, th
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Stone construction, typically found on St. Kilda, Scotland
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleit
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date modified:
2023-12-13T00:52:56Z
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