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Cleit 85, Village. View of interior.
B 11167
Description Cleit 85, Village. View of interior.
Date 1986 to 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number B 11167
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 416661
Scope and Content Interor of 'Lady Grange's House' (Cleit 85) 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. St Kilda was evacuated in 1930 after the population had shrunk to a similar level. This shows the interior of 'Lady Grange's House', Cleit 85, the largest surviving cleit, or storage house, above the village. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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