Croft (land)

A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land.

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Fenced - Enclosed - Arable - Dwelling - Tenure

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The term croft is Anglo-Saxon (Old English) in origin but is now most familliar in Scotland, where many Highlands and Islands crofters have had their tenure protected by special legislation since 1886. Elsewhere the expression is generally archaic.

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Anglo-Saxon - Scotland - Highlands and Islands - Legislation - 1886 - Archaic

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Under the 1886 legislation (the Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act) protected crofters are also members of a crofters' township, consisting of tenants of neighbouring crofts with a shared right to use common pasture.

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Crofters' Holdings (Scotland) Act - Township - Common - Pasture

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