Old Photograph Crofters Cottages Isle Of Harris Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofters cottage on Island Of Harris, Scotland. Although not an island itself, Harris is often referred to as the Isle of Harris, which divides naturally into northern and southern parts which are separated by West and East Loch Tarbert. The southern part of Harris is less mountainous, with numerous unspoilt, white sandy beaches on the west coast. The beaches of Luskentyre and Scarista are amongst the most spectacular. There had already been a mass emigration from the islands in the 1770s, after a series of years of poor crops, and this intensified as crofters used their capital to pay their fare across the Atlantic, from Lewis to mainland Nova Scotia, from North Uist and Harris to Cape Breton, Canada, and from South Uist to Cape Breton and to Prince Edward Island


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