St Kilda – the last summer
Folklorist Margaret Fay Shaw’s description and images of her visit to St Kilda, just before the evacuation of its inhabitants in 1930.
St Kilda – the evacuation of a community
St Kilda is one of many island communities in Scotland to have been abandoned. This article looks at some of the reasons.
St Kilda mailboat’s epic journey
A very special delivery has been made in the week of the 90th anniversary of the evacuation of St Kilda.
St Kilda
Fragments of the past haunt these islands, now home to the UK’s largest colony of Atlantic puffins
The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 14 March 1909
Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan
The St Kilda Diaries: 15 to 31 March 1909
Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.
The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 14 April 1909
Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.
The St Kilda Diaries: 15 to 30 April 1909
Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.
The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 10 May 1909
Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan
The St Kilda Diaries: reflections on St Kilda
This is the transcript of a talk Alice gave to a YWCA group after she left St Kilda in which she reflects upon the time she spent on the islands.
Sharing St Kilda’s secrets
Ranger Sue Loughlan has been blogging about her time on St Kilda all summer long.
Caring for St Kilda
Help us care for St Kilda’s history
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