The village street of the village on the island of Hirta, St Kilda archipelago, showing ruined and reconstructed cottages

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Prior to its evacuation in 1930 at the request of the inhabitants, the village on Hirta was a lonely, isolated place seldom visited by outsiders. After the evacuation the stone houses fell to ruin. The island is now a property of the National Trust for Scotland and some of the cottages have been restored for use as a museum and as housing for researchers on the island.

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Size: 5050px × 3366px
Location: Hilda, St Kilda archipelago, Outer Hebrides, Western Islands, Scotland
Photo credit: © Stillman Rogers / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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