Other tags: St Kilda
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St Kilda - Hirta - Village Street - view westwards
by Rob Farrow geograph for square NF1099 A view down the abandoned village street of St Kilda village on Hirta, the... (more)
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type:GeographX
island:Hirta/HiortX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:IslandsX
place:St Kilda
subject:VillageX
Village StreetX
Village Street SceneX
top:Village, Rural SettlementX
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St Kilda - Sgarbhstac
by Rob Farrow for square NA1504 Sgarbhstac is a small islet or skerry off the southwestern coast of Boreray in... (more)
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St Kilda - Leibhinis in front of Stac Lee and Boraraigh
by Rob Farrow geograph for square NF1396 Leibhinis (Levenish) seen in front of Stac Lee (on the left) and the island of... (more)
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Leibhinis (Levenish) and Boraraigh (Boreray)
by Rob Farrow geograph for square NF1396 Leibhinis (Levenish) is the most easterly rock of the St Kilda archipelago and... (more)
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Cleits above the village, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 Cleits are unique to St Kilda and were used for storage, particularly for food... (more)
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Cleits on St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 Cleits are unique to St Kilda and were used for storage, particularly for food... (more)
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Cleit, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 One of many on the area. These storage buildings are unique to St Kilda and used... (more)
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Factor's House, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 The factor was the representative of the Laird and visited to collect rent from... (more)
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Shoreline of Village Bay
by John Allan geograph for square NF1099 The "St Kilda International Sea and Airport Lounge" was named by... (more)
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The gap between Hirta and Dun
by John Allan geograph for square NF0997 The two islands in the St Kilda archipelago are separated by just this small... (more)
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Lover's Stone
by John Allan geograph for square NF0899 The Lover's Stone is a slab of rock protruding from the cliffs above a drop... (more)
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Summit of Conachair
by John Allan geograph for square NA0900 The remains of a sundial mark the 430m high point of St Kilda. The sea cliff in... (more)
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St Kilda village
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 Abandoned in 1930 when the remaining islanders were evacuated.
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Cleit, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 One of many of the unique buildings for storing food and other supplies. The gap... (more)
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MOD buildings, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 Recently built and considerably more in keeping with the location than the... (more)
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Feather Store, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 Built by 1790, damaged by a U-boat in 1918 and restored in the 1980s.
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MOD buildings, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 Recently built and considerably more in keeping with the location than the... (more)
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Supply boat in Village Bay, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1099 As well as the National Trust for Scotland, seabird and archaeology researchers,... (more)
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Village Bay, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables for square NF1099 With the recent MOD buildings blending in well, and a supply boat in.
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Rubha Challa, St Kilda
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF1098 |
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The Storehouse, Hirta
by John Allan geograph for square NF1099 The house was built to store oil, feathers and wool for export from St Kilda. It... (more)
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Cleits, Hirta
by John Allan geograph for square NF1099 There are over 1,400 of these characteristic stone-built storehouses on the... (more)
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The schoolroom, St Kilda
by John Allan for square NF1099 The one roomed school is attached to the church at the east end of the village.
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East side of Boreray
by John Allan geograph for square NA1505 Less cliff-like than the west, but still no easy place to go ashore as the St... (more)
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Channel between Hirta and Soay
by John Allan geograph for square NA0701 With the bulky Stac Shoaigh to the right of the visible gap.
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Former village, Hirta
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF0999 With Soay Sheep now roaming free on what were the farmed fields.
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Abhainn Mhòr, Hirta
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF0999 |
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Soay Sheep, Hirta
by Hugh Venables for square NF0999 A very old lineage of sheep, living wild on Hirta and Soay. They are tagged to... (more)
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type:Close LookX
place:HirtaX
Soay SheepX
place:St Kilda
top:Wild Animals, Plants and MushroomsX
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Abhainn Mhòr
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF0999 With some of the maintained cleits along the banks.
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Abhainn Mhòr, Hirta
by Hugh Venables geograph for square NF0999 Flowing past the western end of the old village.
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Rubha Challa
by John Allan geograph for square NF1098 The blunt headland to the north of Village Bay lies at the foot of Oisebhal.
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West coast of Boreray
by John Allan for square NA1405 Gannets nesting above an overhang and small cave.
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Rubha Bhrengadal
by John Allan geograph for square NA1504 The southern tip of Boreray, with Stac Lee in the background.
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Stac an Armin
by John Allan geograph for square NA1506 At 196m tall, this is the highest sea stack in the British Isles.
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Gannets on Stac Lee
by John Allan for square NA1404 Looking straight up the stack from close to its base.
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Stac Lee
by John Allan geograph for square NA1404 A huge (c170m) sea stack off Boreray. It is home to thousands of gannets.
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Am Plastair
by John Allan for square NA0502 A sea stack to the north of Soay. It is around 45m tall.
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Cliffs on Soay
by John Allan geograph for square NA0601 The cliffs rise around 300m out of the sea.
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Geodha Ruadh
by John Allan geograph for square NA0702 The northern extremity of Soay.
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The head of Loch a' Ghlinne
by John Allan geograph for square NA0800 Looking into Gleann Mòr, with Mullach Mòr rising on the left.
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Gob na h-Airde
by John Allan geograph for square NA0801 The headland to the south of Loch a' Ghlinne on Hirta.
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Mina Stac, Hirta
by John Allan geograph for square NA1000 |
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Rubha an Uisge
by John Allan geograph for square NF1199 The eastern extremity of Hirta
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Cliffs on Oisebhal
by John Allan geograph for square NF1198 |
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Main Street, Hirta
by John Allan geograph for square NF1099 Tags:
place:HirtaX
top:Historic Sites and ArtefactsX
top:IslandsX
place:St Kilda
top:Village, Rural SettlementX
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Helicopter take-off
by John Allan geograph for square NF0999 PDG Helicopters' Aerospatiale SA-365N rising from the helipad on Village Bay.
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Beach on Hirta
by John Allan geograph for square NF1099 Looking towards some military buildings, with Oisebhal in the background.
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Sandy beach on Village Bay
by John Allan geograph for square NF1099 Hirta looking rather more like a tropical paradise than an island at 57.8 degrees north.
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Across Village Bay
by John Allan for square NF1098 Looking from Ruabhal towards Oisebhal across the sheltered bay.
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The Mistress Stone
by John Allan geograph for square NF0998 A balanced stone arch above a drop. It has a similar story to the Lover's... (more)
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