Vod : Shetland's abandoned croft houses

De Luca, Christine2025

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In this book, by way of an appreciation of our shared heritage, Christine De Luca offers a montage of photographs of a wide range of abandoned crofthouses in Shetland, selected from Unst to Fair Isle and from Foula to Skerries. Though the crofthouses are mouldering, this material culture can still be seen all over the landscape. Each of the 38 locations depicted is accompanied by a short poem in Shaetlan (with an English version) which attempts to evoke something of the individuality of the place and of the people who lived there. You can find all the crofts using the OS grid references and also enjoy reading about the derivations of the fascinating place-names.