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Crofting (Scottish Gaelic: croitearachd) is a form of land tenure[1] and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man.[2] Within the 19th-century townships, individual crofts were established on the better land, and a large area of poorer-quality hill ground was shared by all the crofters of the township for grazing of their livestock.[3] In the 21st century, crofting is found predominantly in the rural Western and Northern Isles and in the coastal fringes of the western and northern Scottish mainland.[4]
- ^ Chambers's encyclopaedia: a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. Vol. 3 (revised ed.). W. and R. Chambers. 1901. p. 575. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
- ^ "Farmers & Crofting". Manx National Heritage. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
- ^ "crofting scotland sheep - Google Search". www.google.ca. Retrieved 20 March 2016.
- ^ Collins Encyclopedia of Scotland (revised ed.). edited by John Keay and Julia Keay. 2000. pp. 205–206. ISBN 9780007103539. Retrieved 1 March 2013.