crofting in a sentence
Examples
- Most of the rest either continued fishing or carried on crofting on the mainland, while others found alternative jobs.
- The Highlands and Islands Medical Service was established in the crofting counties on a non-contributory basis in 1913.
- A crofting township two miles west from John o Groat s, situated at the foot of the Mool Hill.
- The report was commissioned in 1910 to overcome the difficulties of implementing the National Insurance Act in the crofting communities.
- The vision of the Commission is to be a guiding regulator that uses its powers to support the crofting system.
- Shapinsay pupils have also won an award from the Scottish Crofters Commission for producing a booklet on crofting on the island.
- The other crofting cottages in the " township " of Knockan include " Knockan House " and " Rhudda na Cruban"
- Most crofters cannot survive economically by crofting agriculture alone, and they pursue a number of activities to earn their livelihood.
- Sheep farming and crofting are to be found locally and recently a new distillery has been built close to the village.
- The clearances brought widespread condemnation, and the Highland Land League eventually achieved land reform in the enactment of Crofting Acts.