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ST
KILDA
Lying
some 150km west of the Scottish mainland, the remote archipelago
of St Kilda is a place of superlatives.
A
World Heritage Site and a National Nature Reserve, St
Kilda holds Europe's most important seabird colony, with
the world's largest colonies of gannets and fulmars.
The
two major sea stacs, Stac an Armin and Stac Lee are the
highest in Britain, whilst the cliffs of Conachair, on the
main island of Hirta, are the highest sea cliffs in Britain.
Having
been lucky to visit this spectacular setting several times
during the last 25 years, the images in this gallery attempt
to represent some of this splendour.
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Please
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STAC LEE
Home to gannets and spectacular when viewed from the sea |
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BORERAY
The largest of the outlying islands in this spectacular archipelago |
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STAC AN ARMIN
196m high and the higher of the two Stacs |
FEATHER STORE
Photographed in 1980, prior to renovation |
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FEATHER STORE
Photographed again in 1988 |
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ST KILDA CHURCH
The renovated interior of this remote church |
VILLAGE STREET
Home to generations of St Kildans |
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VILLAGE HOUSES
Now home to visitors to St Kilda |
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VILLAGE STREET
Houses and village headwall |
DUN AND RUABHAL
Looking over Ruabhal to the island of Dun |
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GLEANN MHOR
On the western side of Hirta |
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HIRTA FROM DUN
The main island of Hirta as seen from Dun |
LEAVING ST KILDA
"The kingdom whose summits are lower than the waves" |
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BORERAY AND STACS
The classic view from Conachair on Hirta |
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MISTY ARCHIPELAGO
Evening mist over Dun and Hirta |
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