Old Photograph Crofter Isle Of Skye Scotland

Old photograph of a Crofter on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. An old croft was an area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer.

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Old Photograph Crofters Spinning and Weaving In Scotland

Old photograph of Crofters spinning and weaving in a cottage in the Scottish Highlands of Scotland. In 1840 over two thirds of the Scottish population lived and worked on the land, or in small villages making a living from fishing or weaving, and in the Highlands most people were almost universally impoverished.



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Old Photograph Crofters Scotland

Old photograph of elderly Scottish Highlanders in their croft cottage in Scotland.

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Old Photograph Peat Basket Scotland

Old photograph of a crofter making a basket for carrying peat in Scotland. Crofts, once the mainstay of Highland life in Scotland, were swept away as the land was put over to sheep grazing. Many of the people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland were forced from their homes by landowners in the Clearances. Some fled to Nova Scotia, America, Australia, and beyond.



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