-
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....
- 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...
- 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'...
-
scene Robbie mentions the
previous evacuation of St Kilda. Moreover, St
Kildans spoke Scottish Gaelic,
whereas the film's
characters speak the Shetland...
-
Mykines in the
Faroe Islands, Mus
musculus mykinessiensis. When the last St
Kildans were
evacuated in 1930, the
endemic house mouse became extinct very quickly...
- 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...
- non-St
Kildan to do so.
Climber Robbie Phillips said it "was like
walking in the footsteps, or
climbing in the fingerprints, of the St
Kildans. It's a...
- 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...
-
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...
