Gairloch, Torridon, Wester Ross

Maker
John Peat Munn
Production date
Aug 1948
 Description
Text on negative envelope reads 'Gairloch. Mountains. Ben an Eoin, Baosbhein, Ben Alligin. Loch @ Torran Croft, Lonemore. Evening light'. View of the crofting township spread round a bay. The houses and farming land is on a shelf of land above the sea. In the distance is the hotel and a church. Round the headland is the pier used by the fishing fleet.
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Object detail

Department
Photo
Collection
Munn Photographic Collection/Family & Personal Papers Group
Maker
Production date
Aug 1948
Subject place
Gairloch/Highland
Subject notes
The land behind the croft house has not been cultivated. From the mid-19th century the population fell due to emigration. This has led to crofts being tenanted by the elderly or indeed abandoned. Sometimes the owner of the tenancy was living overseas. The hills opposite are devoid of soil. The flat land on which the scattered settlement lies is a raised beach, cut by the sea when the water level was about 8 metres higher than it is now.
Accession number
P38897

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