Repopulation
How to tackle the depopulation in our area? With the new parliamentary team preparing a paper on repopulation in Sutherland and Caithness, crofting is very …
How to tackle the depopulation in our area? With the new parliamentary team preparing a paper on repopulation in Sutherland and Caithness, crofting is very …
In the 19th century crofts were made deliberately too small to support a family so that the crofter would have to go and work at …
Crofting law gives crofters security from eviction but the crofters need to follow the rules and work to improve their plot of land The old …
In the last edition, we looked at the crofting landscape and the benefits of crofting in the 21st Century. Here we look back at some …
In 1893 the Airdens crofters waged their own land war. They withheld their rents and on several occasions forcibly prevented sheriff officers from serving legal …
How the Airdens crofters fought for fairer rents Read More »
To welcome the first edition of the Kyle Chronicle, I thought we should celebrate our lovely landscape