St Kilda Village. General view from South West towards village, bay and Oiseval.
SC 2675493
Description St Kilda Village. General view from South West towards village, bay and Oiseval.
Date c. 1927
Collection Records of Ian Gordon Lindsay and Partners, architects, Edinburgh, Scotland
Catalogue Number SC 2675493
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of IN 1216
Scope and Content 1930s photograph of village, Hirta, St Kilda, Hebrides St Kilda was settled in ancient times but repopulated after 1727 when a smallpox epidemic left only 30 survivors. The only village, on Hirta, was rebuilt in the 1830s and evacuated in 1930 after the population had shrunk to under 30. This is the village in 1929. The houses are connected by a curving road, each with a strip of land at front and back. A drystone wall skirts the shore and another runs along the high ground. Beyond are stone enclosures and cleitean or storehouses. Neil Mackenzie, minister in 1830-43, brought major changes to the St Kilda. He persuaded the villagers to abandon the run-rig system of allotting land. Instead, they divided the village into plots and built new houses, all connected to a drainage system. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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