The Making of the Crofting CommunityDonald, 1976 - 309 pages |
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Page 69
... erected too far up the loch to be of service to them . The second had been left unfinished . ' ( 193 ) Attempts to establish a hosiery industry in Skye were , in productivity terms at least , more encouraging . Having originated as a ...
... erected too far up the loch to be of service to them . The second had been left unfinished . ' ( 193 ) Attempts to establish a hosiery industry in Skye were , in productivity terms at least , more encouraging . Having originated as a ...
Page 70
... erection of shooting lodges at Stack and Lochinver . ( 204 ) And in an underdeveloped economy , as was pointed out by a critic of Sir James Matheson's roads in Lewis , the last people to benefit from such developments were crofters ...
... erection of shooting lodges at Stack and Lochinver . ( 204 ) And in an underdeveloped economy , as was pointed out by a critic of Sir James Matheson's roads in Lewis , the last people to benefit from such developments were crofters ...
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... erected by the original holder a primitive hut with windowless walls ... Alongside the father's hump - backed hut there had been run up by the elder son a second dwelling in all respects identical with the old family nest to which it ...
... erected by the original holder a primitive hut with windowless walls ... Alongside the father's hump - backed hut there had been run up by the elder son a second dwelling in all respects identical with the old family nest to which it ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Beginnings of Crofting 18001820 | 15 |
A Redundant Population 18211844 | 34 |
Copyright | |
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