General view.
SH 488/8
Description General view.
Date 1967
Catalogue Number SH 488/8
Category Photographs and Off-line Digital Images
Copies SC 793847
Scope and Content The Haa, Fair Isle, Shetland Islands The Haa, a two-storeyed house with crowstepped gables and a slated roof, dates to the early 18th century. The porch is a later addition. The Haa was probably built by the Stewarts of Brough, a family who lived on Westray, Orkney, and who owned Fair Isle from 1766 onwards. The factor, who managed the laird's business, would have lived in The Haa. In 1814, Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) visited Fair Isle and had a meal at The Haa, which at the time was the largest house on the island. At the time of Scott's visit approximately 250 people lived on Fair Isle. Its population is now around 70. Fair Isle is midway between Orkney and Shetland, and is administratively part of the Shetland Islands. Approximately 5 km from south to north and 2.4 km from east to west, it is one of the most isolated inhabited islands in Scotland. The National Trust for Scotland became the owners of Fair Isle in 1954, when they bought it from Dr George Waterston, who founded the Bird Observatory on the island in 1948. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.
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