Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of Kearvaig Bay and sandy beach on visit to the North Coast of Sutherland Highlands, The bay is surrounded by high cliffs, rocks and sea stacks. Crofting townships of two or three houses with associated enclosures existed at Kearvaig and Inshore into the middle of the 20th century. The land originally formed part of the Sutherland estates owned by the Duke of Sutherland. The 1st Duke and Duchess of Sutherland remain controversial for their role in the Highland Clearances, when thousands of tenants were evicted and resettled in coastal villages. This allowed the vacated land to be used for extensive sheep farming, replacing the mixed farming carried out by the previous occupants. The first was to increase the rental income from the estate: sheep farmers could afford much higher rents. The second was to remove the population from the recurrent risks of famine. Historical opinion differs on the relevance and severity of famine years, but most do not dispute that the Highland region remained the only part of mainland Britain that was affected in this way at this time.
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