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Crofting (Scottish Gaelic: croitearachd) is a form of land tenure [1] and small-scale food production peculiar to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man. [2] Within the 19th-century townships , individual crofts were established on the better land, and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground was ...
Today, the term is used most frequently in Scotland, most crofts being in the Highlands and Islands area. Elsewhere the expression is generally archaic. In Scottish Gaelic, it is rendered croit (pronounced [kʰɾɔʰtʲ], plural croitean [ˈkʰɾɔʰtʲən]).
The Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 (49 & 50 Vict. c. 29) (Scottish Gaelic: Achd na Croitearachd 1886) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that created legal definitions of crofting parish and crofter, granted security of land tenure to crofters and produced the first Crofters Commission, a land court which ruled on disputes between landlords and crofters.
The Scottish crofting produce mark was introduced in 2008 to identify products produced by a croft or similar small agri-business that is located in the Highlands or the Islands of Scotland. [1] Only those businesses that qualify and are members of the Scottish Crofting Federation may place the mark on their products. The federation states on ...
Camuscross (Scottish Gaelic: Camus Croise) is a small crofting township on the Isle of Skye in Scotland. Camuscross is situated on Camus Croise bay, on the west shore of the Sound of Sleat, in the Highland Council area. It lies close to the village of Isleornsay and the island of Ornsay.
Once a thriving crofting community, the island now only has three cottages which are used by the families who own them for about seven months a year. The population is recorded as 29 (1841), 51 (1891), 12 (1951) and 12 (1971). [2] Five families lived there in the late 1920s.
Crofting remains a mainstay of the economy. The village of Dunvegan itself is the main settlement of the area and is located on the east shore of the loch just outside Duirinish. Nearby is Dunvegan Castle, which has been the seat of Clan MacLeod since 1200. [5] Historically, Duirinish was also a parish in the county of Inverness-shire.
The crofting and fishing village of Torrin lies on the eastern shore of Loch Slapin, 5 miles (8 kilometres) southwest of Broadford (An t-Àth Leathann), [2] on the road to Elgol (Ealaghol). There is a mixture of Victorian white-washed cottages and modern flat-pack houses, and the village has good views of Blaven and Loch Slapin .