Village. General view from South West.
SC 416618
Description Village. General view from South West.
Date 1986
Collection Records of the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS), Edinbu
Catalogue Number SC 416618
Category On-line Digital Images
Copy of B 11387
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 village in the 1980s. Some of the houses have been re-roofed by The National Trust For Scotland (right). The structure in the lower right corner is part of the Ministry of Defence establishment dating from the 1950s. Neil Mackenzie, minister in 1830-43, brought major changes to the St Kilda. He persuaded the villagers to abandon the run-rig system of allotting land. Instead, they divided the village into plots and built new houses, all connected to a drainage system. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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