Stroma, off Caithness, is an island in the tidal streams of the Pentland Firth. In 1901, its population was at a height of 375 residents, but within 60 years was down to 12 and within a year or so abandoned by all, but the lighthouse keepers. It just missed out in a number of ways - with islanders creating an airstrip that received its first official flights in 1938. The War intervened and they were never revived. A new harbour was constructed in the late 1950s and served as an exit for men keen to earn incomes on the Mainland where the creation of the Dounreay nuclear power station was bringing opportunities. The book below was published by The Islands Book Trust in 2011.
Scottish Islands Explorer - monitors some that declined dramatically
Digital Edition: not hindered by tidal streams
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