Old Photographs Stroma Scotland

Old photograph of Stroma, an island the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness, Scotland. The low lying island was inhabited from prehistoric times to 1962, when the last of its permanent inhabitants abandoned it for new homes on the mainland. Ancient stone structures on the islands testify to its earliest occupants. Most of the islanders had been fishermen and crofters, with some also working as maritime pilots to guide vessels through the treacherous waters of the Pentland Firth.

Old photograph of Stroma, an island the Pentland Firth between the Orkney Islands and Caithness, Scotland.

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