St Kilda
Stac an Armin

The highest sea stack in the British Isles, 196 metres (643 ft.) tall. Stac an Armin means stack of the soldier/warrior. A remarkable place where St Kildans used to climb up and down the cliffs "harvesting" birds". Remarkably, 3 men and 8 boys from St Kilda (Hirta) were marooned there from about 15 August 1727 until 13 May 1728. Hirta suffered a smallpox outbreak while the eleven were on the stack, few survived and the islanders were unable to man a boat and retrieve them until the next year when the factor's boat arrived on the annual run to collect his rent of birds, eggs etc.

Stac an Armin

The highest sea stack in the British Isles, 196 metres (643 ft.) tall. Stac an Armin means stack of the soldier/warrior. A remarkable place where St Kildans used to climb up and down the cliffs "harvesting" birds". Remarkably, 3 men and 8 boys from St Kilda (Hirta) were marooned there from about 15 August 1727 until 13 May 1728. Hirta suffered a smallpox outbreak while the eleven were on the stack, few survived and the islanders were unable to man a boat and retrieve them until the next year when the factor's boat arrived on the annual run to collect his rent of birds, eggs etc.