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Milton (Scottish Gaelic: Geàrraidh Bhailteas) is the name of a tack or tenant farm on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. It was on this tack that Jacobite heroine Flora MacDonald (1722-1790) was born and spent her childhood. [1] A memorial dedicated to her stands at the remains of the township. [2]
Coll (Scottish Gaelic: Col) is a farming settlement near Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Coll is situated on the B895, between Stornoway and New Tolsta, [1] and is also within the parish of Stornoway. [2]
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 Hebrides (/ ˈ h ɛ b r ɪ d iː z / HEB-rid-eez; Scottish Gaelic: Innse Gall, pronounced [ˈĩːʃə ˈkaul̪ˠ]; Old Norse: Suðreyjar, lit. 'Southern isles') are an archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland. The islands fall into two main groups, based on their proximity to the mainland: the Inner and Outer Hebrides.
Detailed map of Shetland, labelling many placenames. The name Shetland may derive from the Old Norse words hjalt ('hilt'), and land ('land'), the popular and traditional claim. Another possibility is that the first syllable is derived from the name of an ancient Celtic tribe. [8] [9] Andrew Jennings has suggested a link with the Caledones.
The windiest areas of Scotland are in the north and west, with parts of the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland experiencing over 30 days with gales per year. [6] Vigorous Atlantic depressions, also known as European windstorms, are a common feature of the autumn and winter in Scotland. [10]
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 20:23, 26 September 2010: 1,083 × 1,424 (3.25 MB): Nilfanion {{Information |Description=Blank map of the Outer Hebrides (excluding Sula Sgeir), UK with the following information shown: *Administrative borders *Coastline, lakes and rivers *Roads and railways *Urban areas Equire
Modern stack of drying pattern-laid machine-cut peat turfs in Ness, the Outer Hebrides (2007). Traditional crofting involved heavy labour to make hand-cut turfs using wood-handled metal peat-cutters with a blade set at 90 degrees (a tushkar). Crofting communities in the period 1846–56 were badly hit by the Highland Potato Famine. The small ...