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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

A Rock at the Edge of the World: St Kilda

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The slope up to the Gap ended abruptly. At my feet the ground fell away into vertiginous nothingness. The cliffs on the north coast of Hirta...
Tuesday, January 27, 2009

The mysterious enclosures of An Lag, St Kilda.

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As I entered the hidden hollow high above the village, the slope levelled off and I was drawn towards some large, stone walled enclosures. F...
Monday, January 26, 2009

Cleitean on the climb to An Lag, St Kilda.

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Leaving the village street on St Kilda, I proceeded up the hill towards the head wall. On the way I passed more cleitean. Some of them a...
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

The village street, St Kilda.

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Leaving the Factor's house we approached the village proper and arrived at No 1 St Kilda. The first 6 houses of the type built in the ea...
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Saturday, January 24, 2009

Oiling the wheels of commerce on St Kilda.

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Leaving the church and the school, we made our way back up the hill to the street which connects the village with the store. Before we arriv...
Friday, January 23, 2009

St Kilda school days.

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Leaving the St Kilda church by a side door, we entered the school room which was completed in 1900. The long silent room was brightly lit wi...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

No saints on St Kilda!

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The door of the church on Hirta on St Kilda is on the end away from the sea and the prevailing wind. It is a plain building, with little orn...
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