Medieval Village Area. General view.
SC 416608
Description Medieval Village Area. General view.
Catalogue Number SC 416608
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 11283
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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