-
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...
-
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...
- in a "Shotlist". In 1764 (according to the Census),
there were 90 St
Kildans, 105 in 1841, and 112 in 1851. The
following year, 36 left for Australia...
- 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...
- 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)...
- houses. The poem "Tilleadh a Hirt" (Returning to St Kilda)
tells of a St
Kildan returning to a
cleared island post-evacuation, and
another poem, "Eilean...
-
scene Robbie mentions the
previous evacuation of St Kilda. Moreover, St
Kildans spoke Scottish Gaelic,
whereas the film's
characters speak the Shetland...
-
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...
