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Work has begun to recreate a 17th century turf house in the Scottish Highlands using traditional methods.
The house, a National Trust for Scotland (NTS) project in Glencoe, will offer visitors a glimpse of how people lived in the glen around the time of the 1692 massacre.
A team of craftspeople has in the past week broken ground and raised the building’s six-metre timber cruck frame, hauling it up without power tools using an old-fashioned gin pole and hand-winch.
The frame’s Scots pine and birch timbers have been sourced from NTS woodlands at Glencoe and the Mar Lodge estate, carefully chosen from trees with a natural curve to give the cruck its shape.
15/02/2021
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The future of agriculture in Scotland is at a pivotal point. The
COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the challenges faced by farmers
and crofters who have worked tirelessly to ensure food production
and land management continues at a time when other industries have
been brought to a standstill.
Their efforts have also come against the backdrop of Brexit
uncertainty, in particular the implications for farm income of
future changes to agricultural support payments and the potential
impact of new trade deals. In addition, there is the accompanying