crafts

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Home to just over 10,000 people, it has few urban areas and is largely an island of dramatic mountains, rugged coastlines, and crofts.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

The Crofting Commission estimates there are about 21,000 crofts, supporting about 30,000 people.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

"We're seeing a rise in the price that crofts are going for," said Donna Smith from the Scottish Crofting Federation.

From BBC • Apr. 28, 2026

The latter of these saw 3,500 islanders join forces to raise the £4.5m it took to buy the estate's 93,000 acres and 850 crofts from absentee landlords in 2006.

From BBC • May 20, 2019

He dried his wings; like gauze they grew; Through crofts and pastures wet with dew A living flash of light he flew.

From Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses by Packard, A. S. (Alpheus Spring)