Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with music, of a derelict cottage at Riasg Buidhe on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to Island Of Colonsay Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom. Riasg Buidhe is known as the fever village, which suggests that it was deserted as a result of a fever outbreak. There was at least one known outbreak of scarlet fever in the village, but the inhabitants left because Riasg Buidhe was no longer viable as a base for fishing, not because of disease. The community in the area appear to have been centred around run-rig agriculture, a system of land tenure using open fields for farming. The land was divided into long strips known as rigs which were periodically reassigned to different tenants so that no one tenant always had the best land. In the 19th century the local laird convinced the villagers to work as herring fishermen, supplying their catch to a curing station on Islay. Unfortunately, a storm caused the navigable approach to the curing station to silt up and, as a result, herring fishing was no longer viable. Many of the local men turned to lobster fishing, but even that wasn't enough to maintain the village. The Gaelic name Riasg Buidhe translates as yellow moor grass, though the colour, and amount, of grass depends on the time of year and what the weather has been like. Nothing now remains of Riasg Buidhe. The last inhabitants left in 1918, after the local fishing industry collapsed, and many residents moved to nearby Glassard. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome.
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