Tour Scotland short 4K Summer travel video clip, with Scottish music, of derelict Crofters cottages on Handa Island on visit and trip off the West coast and waters of the Sutherland Scottish Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The island's name is of mixed Gaelic and Norse origin and means " island at the sandy river " It had a population of 65 in 1841, when it was cleared by the landlord, Lord Reay and it then became part of the Badnabay sheep farm. Following bankruptcy of the sheep farmer, the landlord considered the most profitable use of the island was to divide it into crofts. There was some kind of competition held and the island was resettled in 1828. The following year the island was sold to Marquis of Stafford who later became the Duke of Sutherland. And following the 1847 potato famine the inhabitants emigrated to Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, Canada. The islanders had a parliament, similar to that of St Kilda, which met daily, and the oldest widow on the island was considered its Queen. Anciently the island was used as a burial place, and there are still the remains of a chapel in the south east, commemorated in the name Tràigh an Teampaill. The use of Handa as burial place is thought to be due to the fact that wolves would dig up graves on the mainland so frequently that the inhabitants of Eddrachillis resorted to burying their dead on the island. 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. @tourscotland
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