-
found a
deserted village, as the St
Kildans,
fearing pirates, had fled to
caves to the west. When the St
Kildans were
persuaded to come down, the soldiers...
- St.
Kildans sitting on the
village street Victorian-era
Property of the
National Trust for
Scotland taken in 1886....
- Lee was
formerly used by St
Kildan fowlers. It is big
enough to
accommodate two
people and is dry inside. The St
Kildans would land here by l****oing an...
- she also
lived during her incarceration. In 1838, the
grandson of a St
Kildan who had ****isted her
quoted the
dimensions as
being 20 ft × 10 ft (6 m × 3 m)...
- action. The
project was
undertaken by
Scottish Office engineers with St
Kildan labour, but
fully funded and
administered by the CDB. The
Board was abolished...
- days there. He
returned regularly and fund-raised on
behalf of the St
Kildans,
although privately he was
appalled by
their lack of
religious knowledge...
-
fierce storms which batter the
islands every winter.
Cleit - a
unique St
Kildan form of
stone shelter List of
outlying islands of
Scotland Fisher, James...
-
which suggests that the St
Kildan diet had
changed little over the millennia. Indeed, the
tools were
recognised by the St
Kildans, who
could put
names to...
- the
local economy by
supplying the St
Kildans with sea
birds and
their eggs. In the 19th
century the St
Kildans were
observed collecting eggs from here...
- the mice that survived, even
those occupying houses abandoned by the St
Kildans, were
field mice that had
moved into the
houses from the hills. The islands'...
