Old Photograph Crofters Thatched Cottage Mallaig Scotland

Old photograph of a crofters thatched cottage near Mallaig, Scotland. By the 1851 census, Mallaig’s population had jumped from 24 to 134. The heads of these new coastal households predominantly described themselves as crofter fishermen.


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