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St Kilda Village. General view from North West towards bay with steamer at anchor, including Store, School, Church and Manse in distance.
IN 2369
Description St Kilda Village. General view from North West towards bay with steamer at anchor, including Store, School, Church and Manse in distance.
Date 1878
Collection General Collection
Catalogue Number IN 2369
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 416619
Scope and Content 1870s 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 shows the village in about 1878. In the foreground, four islanders are grouped around the entrance to a cleit, that is a drystone storage hut. Further off are some of the new houses built after the 1860 hurricane. In late 1860, a hurricane devastated St Kilda and in the next year the landlord sent craftsmen from the mainland to build new houses. Many of the older black houses remained in service, but no more were constructed. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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