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A black and white photo of the village on Hirta.
10 Apr 2018

The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 14 April 1909

Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.

View of Hugh Miller’s Birthplace Cottage from the garden

Fossils and forefathers (geology rocks!)

Project Reveal go on an adventure through time at Hugh Miller’s Birthplace.

A black and white photo of fulmar hunt on St Kilda.
19 Mar 2018

The St Kilda Diaries: 15 to 31 March 1909

Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan.

A view of Fingal's Cave on Staffa and the surrounding basalt columns, seen from a little way out to sea on a sunny day.
16 Mar 2018

Storm damage limits access to Fingal’s Cave

The Trust is warning visitors to Staffa that access to the world-famous Fingal’s Cave will be limited this spring.

16 Mar 2018

Delving into history at Culloden

Travel writer Robin McKelvie took his family to experience the Battle of Culloden

Water damage on a section of interior wall paper, which features bespoke Mackintosh decoration.
15 Mar 2018

Water damage at the Hill House

The Hill House has long suffered from water ingress. Without our urgent intervention, we could lose these beautiful interiors forever.

2 Mar 2018

Beauty and the beast

It’s like a winter wonderland rather than a beast from the east.

24 Feb 2018

Discovering Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites

From the gory victory at Killiecrankie in 1689 to the bloody defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, learn about all the Trust places that are linked to the Jacobites and their campaigns to restore the Stuart monarchy.

A view down a sloping green hill to a bay and the sea stretching to the horizon beyond.
22 Feb 2018

The islands at the edge of the world

Get closer to St Kilda and discover fascinating seabird and island facts.