Students from the King’s former school have lived off-grid on an uninhabited Scottish island to help restore its infrastructure after it was deserted 50 years ago. Sixth formers from Gordonstoun in Elgin, Moray, spent more than a week living in an abandoned house on the island of Swona which lies in the Pentland Firth between Orkney and Caithness.

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'Life-changing' project helps revive Scottish island abandoned for 50 years

Two school staff and 10 Year-12 students stayed on the island and worked with the Annal family – descendants of the last inhabitants.

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Students of King Charles' former school spend week on uninhabited island to restore it

Sixth formers from Gordonstoun stayed on Swona, in the Pentland Firth, which has been uninhabited since 1974.

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Shropshire

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Students from the King’s former school spend week on uninhabited island

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Sixth formers from Gordonstoun in Elgin, Moray, spent more than a week living in an abandoned house on the island of Swona.

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Glasgow City

Students live off-grid on uninhabited Scots island to restore infrastructure

Students from the King’s former school have lived off-grid on an uninhabited Scottish island to help restore its infrastructure after it was…

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Herd of feral cattle are usually the only residents on the island

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A GROUP of Gordonstoun students are the first people in half a century to camp out on an abandoned Scottish island.

The National

School pupils become first to camp on abandoned Scottish island in 50 years

AN uninhabited Scottish island with no house, electricity or running water now has a new owner. Fladda-chuain, which sits around three miles off the very northern tip of Skye, has been sold to fish-farming giant Mowi. Fladda-chuain sits three miles north of Skye But it has no house, electricity or running water It shot to fame when in 2002 the nuclear submarine HMS Trafalgar grounded on it. It had been on the market at offers over £190,000. The …

The Scottish Sun

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Uninhabited Scottish island with no house or running water has a new owner

Sixth formers from Gordonstoun stayed on Swona, in the Pentland Firth, which has been uninhabited since 1974.  Students from the King’s former school have lived off-grid on an uninhabited Scottish island to help restore its infrastructure after it was deserted 50 years ago. Sixth formers from Gordonstoun in Elgin, Moray, spent more than a week living in an abandoned house on the island of Swona which lies in the Pentland Firth between Orkney and…

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