Old Photograph Crofter Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. An old croft was an area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer.

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