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Mrs Macdonald milking Daisy the cow at Hougharry, North Uist
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CEP - North Uist
Mrs Macdonald milking Daisy the cow on the machair at Hougharry, North Uist. Scanned from a slide taken by CE Palmar in 1967.
08 February 2017
2 thatched cottages, Malacleit
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CEP - North Uist
2 thatched cottages, Malacleit, North Uist. The central traditional black house is still preserved today (2017), with the ruins of the background cottage also still remaining. Scanned from slide taken by CE Palmar. The date taken is approximate, but the month is correct.
09 July 1964
Traditional fallow croft field strip on the machair, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Traditional extensive croft field strip on the machair at RSPB Balranald, North Uist, showing a fallow strip which is left uncultivated. Note how wildlfowers including the red Common poppy (Papaver rhoeas) have been left rather than killed by herbicides.
08 August 2017
Croft field strips and fallow on the machair, North Uist
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Western Isles - Balranald and western North Uist
Traditional extensive croft field strips on the machair at RSPB Balranald, North Uist, showing strip fields of mixed barley and oats, and a fallow section on the right. Note how wildlfowers have been left rather than killed by herbicides, which provides nectar for insects and seeds for birds.
08 August 2017
Cleadale cliffs, Eigg
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Eigg - Cleadale
Tigh an Sithean and the cliffs of Beinn Bhuidhe above Cleadale, Eigg
27 August 2016
Cleadale cliffs, Eigg
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Eigg - Cleadale
The cliffs of Beinn Bhuidhe above Cleadale, Eigg
27 August 2016
Abandoned croft house, Faray, Westray
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Orkney - Westray
Abandoned croft house on Faray, Westray, Orkney
10 May 2013
Croft house and lighthouse, Start Point, Sanday
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Orkney - Sanday
Abandoned croft house and lighthouse at Start Point, Sanday, Orkney
11 May 2014
Mucklegrind and Soberlie, Foula
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Shetland - Foula
The croft house of Mucklegrind, and a plantie crub now protected from sheep grazing and full of roses, with the hill of Soberlie in the background, Foula
27 June 2014
Ruined croft house
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Shetland - Foula
Ruined croft house, da Sooth Ness, Foula. There has been considerable depopulation on Foula, and as of 2014 the inhabitants now number about 30.
