All Stories
Photography on the Edge: Part 2
Photographs that returned to the mainland from St Kilda reinforced myths about its people and were used to market the island.
Photography on the edge: Part 1
Photographs of St Kilda in the Trust collections reveal tourists hungry to ‘experience’ the ‘primitive’ life of the islanders.
No mod cons at Moirlanich
Moirlanich Longhouse offers visitors a unique window into a former way of life in rural Perthshire.
The photographic archive of Margaret Fay Shaw
Margaret Fay Shaw (1903–2004) dedicated her life to the preservation of the Gaelic language, and the lives and customs of the people of the Hebrides.
Digitising the islands
Throughout 2018–19, the National Trust for Scotland is undertaking the digitisation and documentation of the Margaret Fay Shaw photographic archive.
A long read
On the longest day one might want to have a go at reading one of the longest pieces of ancient writing in Scotland. It might take you all day though!
The St Kilda Diaries: reflections on St Kilda
This is the transcript of a talk Alice gave to a YWCA group after she left St Kilda in which she reflects upon the time she spent on the islands.
The St Kilda Diaries: 1 to 10 May 1909
Extracts and transcripts from the handwritten diaries of Alice MacLachlan
‘Let Da Stons Spaek!’
Learn more about the Viking and Iron Age archaeology on Unst, Britain’s most northerly island.