The first in a series devoted to the archaeology and ethnology of St Kilda.The outstanding archaeological remains of blackhouses, cottages and rubbish pits combined with documentary evidence on farming and fowling create a  unique insight into a way of life lost forever after the evacuation

A detailed study of Fair Isle's landscape and social change from prehistory to the C20th including sections on field monuments, settlement patterns, boat construction, post-medieval agriculture and water mills.  A Gazetteer of 750 sites and an extensive Bibliography complete the book.