17 February 2012

Most if not all crofters across Shetland have a very good idea about the boundaries of their croft. For some years now the Department of Agriculture in Edinburgh has provided Ordnance Survey maps to each crofter so that they can confirm their boundaries. Changes that occur such as the disposal of a quarter acre for a house site need to be notified and thus deducted from the overall acreage of the croft. This matters because some years back agricultural support moved from a payment per head of cattle or sheep to