Abandoned crofthouse, North Uist

A fragment of quernstone built into an old crofthouse wall #recycling #Shetland

Empty Crofthouse
South Uist

The whole 'women don't want to live like our ancestors' myth is a real drag. Men think they can't build a stone crofthouse if they want to marry; Instead they yoke themselves with giant mortgages for air-conditioned vinyl crypts.

Thank heaven my woman would gladly live in this!

This amazing time capsule crofthouse in the Highlands is now a listed building!😍
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Refurbishing 200 year old crofthouse. Beautiful evening feels as if it’s going to snow.

Nature reclaims..

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I started this piece 5 years ago and have only gone back recently to complete it. #crofthouse #painting #Berneray #hebrides

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Looking across Loch Ewe towards the Fisherfield mountains.

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The whisper of time echoes in forgotten places...

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Bjorn and his partner Tore have 65 standard and miniature #Shetland ponies, and a little crofthouse filled with rosettes and trophies thanks to competition wins at agricultural shows.

Read on to learn how they have made Shetland their home:
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Pretty windows inside and out, #wildflowers #crofthouse #nostalgia #Shetland #history

Derelict croft house, love the wee Rayburn & fireplace, can imagine what it used to be like in this lovely old croft house #croft house #heritage
#bressay #croft #history #rayburn #shetland crofthouse #shetland

An derelict crofthouse in Sutherland with a #blue #hoover in the main room. People on social media are posting blue-themed images in memory of 26-year-old Mohamed #Mattar , who was killed during an attack by security forces in #Sudan at the beginning of J… bit.ly/2MPWF8p

Old Croachy Crofthouse, Strathnairn, Scottish Highlands. (2013) Pic: Gordie Broon.

The wonderful Shetland Crofthouse Museum has now been listed at category A to recognise its outstanding interest. portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB… It's a fantastic place to visit! Historic Environment Scotland ShetlandM&A

So the wild flowers grow...
Derelict crofthouse,
Sandsound, Shetland.

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Our latest exhibition peers inside some of Scotland's greatest interiors, so now we're asking 'Which Great Scottish Interior Are You'?

A cosy crofthouse? A fantastical steading?

Take our quiz to find out and tweet us your results! ow.ly/9aCo50A4W9e

Sunrise through an abandoned crofthouse in Fladdabister #Shetland