Old Aerial Photograph Island Of Stroma Scotland

Old aerial photograph of the Island Of Stroma located off the northern coast of the mainland of Scotland. It is the most southerly of the islands in the Pentland Firth between the Orkney islands and Caithness. The name is from the Old Norse Straumr-øy meaning " island in the tidal stream. " the savage weather and ferociously strong tides of the Pentland Firth meant that the island's inhabitants were very isolated, causing them to be largely self sufficient, trading agricultural produce and fish with the mainlanders. Most of the islanders were fishermen and crofters; some also worked as maritime pilots to guide vessels through the treacherous waters of the Pentland Firth. The tides and currents meant that shipwrecks were frequent. Stroma is now abandoned, with the houses of its former inhabitants unoccupied.



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