Land Struggle: Gress

27Jun08

Gress Raiders Memorial, Gress, Isle Of Lewis. Via abd
 
After having fought and faced the horrors of the First World War on behalf of Queen and country, crofters returned to Lewis to make good the promise of land and homes made to them by the government. However they found none and in their place farms who’s ownership [...]

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Land Struggle 2: Aignish

27Jun08

Aignish Riot Cairn, Point, Isle of Lewis. Via abd41
 
The Aignish riot of Jan 1888 was one of the most potentially disastrous confrontations of the period. The raiders gathered at Aignish farm on the Eye peninsula, face to face with police backed by Marines with fixed bayonets. 
With traditional croftland being taken from crofters by landlords and [...]

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Land Struggle: Pairc

27Jun08

The Parc Memorial. Balallan. District of Lochs
 
In November, 1887, several hundred crofters from the Pairc region staged a deer raid in protest at their treatment by The Matheson’s, landlords of the Lewis Estate.
Prior to the raid, many Pairc townships had been systematically cleared to give greater access to land that was regarded primarily as deer [...]

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