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Shetland crofters' seaweed rights.

Date 23 May 1986
Track ID 55199
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1986.35.A

Original Tape ID

SA1986.035

Summary

Shetland crofters' seaweed rights.

At one time any of the proprietors of the five crofts around As Wick could go down to the south wick [bay] and take as much seaweed for their cattle as they wanted, as it was on the local laird's foreshore. No one gathers it nowadays as the ground is all given over to sheep farming. If seaweed were to be gathered now [1986], permission would have to be asked from the local landlord [the crofts having been sold off to the tenants.]

Recording Location

County - Shetland

Parish - Nesting

Island - Shetland Mainland

Village/Place - Eswick

Item Location

County - Shetland

Parish - Nesting

Island - Shetland Mainland

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good