St Kilda
(Saint Kilda)
Classification and Statistics
Type: | Island |
Population: | 25 |
Area: | 853 ha (2108 acres) |
Tourist Rating: |
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Text of Entry Updated: | 15-FEB-2022 |
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Location
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Extended Information
Lady Rachel Grange (1679 - 1745) was kidnapped from
Edinburgh and eventually marooned on Hirta, her husband fearing she would reveal his Jacobite sympathies having been upset by his infidelity.
References and Further Reading
Coventry, Martin (2006) Hebridean Island Hopping: A Guide for the Independent Traveller.
Birlinn Ltd., EdinburghMartin, Martin (1698) A Late Voyage to St. Kilda: The Remotest of all the Hebrides.
Reprinted: The Mercat Press Edinburgh (1986)Miers, Mary (2008) The Western Seaboard: An Illustrated Architectural Guide.
The Rutland Press, EdinburghMorris, Ron (2013) Defending St Kilda.
The Islands Book Trust, KershaderPerrott, David (2004) The Western Islands Handbook.
Kittiwake, MachynllethQuine, David A. (1982) St. Kilda Revisited.
Dowland Press, FromeSmall, Alan (ed.) (1979) A St Kilda Handbook.
National Trust for Scotland / University of Dundee, Department of Geography, Occasional Paper No. 5
Stell, Geoffrey P. and Mary Harman (1988) Buildings of St. Kilda.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland, EdinburghWithers, C.W.J. (1998) Introduction to 'A Description of the Western Isles of Scotland ca 1695 and a Late Voyage to St. Kilda'.
Birlinn Ltd., Edinburgh
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