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Medieval Village Area. General view South including burial ground.
B 11383
Description Medieval Village Area. General view South including burial ground.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 11383
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 416609
Scope and Content 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 view from the hillside above the village. In the foreground, a head dyke, or drystone wall, separates the cultivated area around the village from the rocky pasture land. The area is dotted with cleitean, or storehouses, and enclosures. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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