Village. General view from West including Burial Ground.
SC 416616
Description Village. General view from West including Burial Ground.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 416616
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 11241
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 shows the village in the 1980s. Though the layout, and the roughly built black houses, date from the 18430s, the rectangular houses were 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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