Old Photograph Crofter Spinnng Wool Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter spinning wool on the Isle Of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. The island of Skye has been occupied since the Mesolithic period, and its history includes a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by Clan MacLeod and Clan Donald. The 18th century Jacobite risings led to the breaking up of the clan system and subsequent Clearances that replaced entire communities with sheep farms, some of which also involved forced emigrations to distant lands.



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