Sheep and land use
We’ve adjusted our grazing management to increase breeding productivity of ground nesting birds, most of them are globally threatened species
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Crofting
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
The agriculture of crofting
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
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Crofting Law
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
How our forebears fought for their heritage
Both the Cheviot sheep and the Border Collie sheepdog were introduced by shepherds from the south. © S. Ross In the last edition, we looked
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How the Airdens crofters fought for fairer rents
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
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Crofting in the 21st Century
To welcome the first edition of the Kyle Chronicle, I thought we should celebrate our lovely landscape
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