General oblique aerial view looking across Laig Bay, with the fort in the foreground, towards Cleadale and the north side of Eigg, taken from the WNW.

Description General oblique aerial view looking across Laig Bay, with the fort in the foreground, towards Cleadale and the north side of Eigg, taken from the WNW.

Date 10/4/2003

Collection RCAHMS Aerial Photography

Catalogue Number SC 1699492

Category On-line Digital Images

Copy of E 35405 CN

Scope and Content Cleadale and Laig from East, Eigg, Small Isles, Highland The island of Eigg is one of the Small Isles along with Canna, Rum and Muck. It lies 16km off the west coast of Scotland and has been inhabited since at least Neolithic times (c.4000-2500 BC). Eigg was bought in 1997 by its residents in conjunction with the Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Highland Council. This shows the Laig Bay (centre right), with its white sandy beach, and the smaller bay of Camas Sgiotag (centre left). The rocky cliffs of Beinn Bhuidhe rise above the farmland below, which is divided by straight walls built in 1809, when the crofting township of Cleadale was created. Laig farm occupies a site to the right of the bay and St Donnan's Church can just be seen to the left. Crofters used the rocky ground to keep a small number of animals and grew potatoes, kale and oats on the more fertile land near the sea. With tenants restricted to their crofts, the wealthy landowners could use more of their land to graze sheep, which proved more profitable than the rents from their crofters. Source: RCAHMS contribution to SCRAN.

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