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Medieval Village Area. General view.
B 11283
Description Medieval Village Area. General view.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 11283
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 416608
Scope and Content Cleitean and enclosures above the 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. The hillside above the village is dotted with enclosures and cleitean, that is drystone storehouses. Archaeologists have found traces of a medieval village in this area. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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