Hebridean crofting landscape
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The Hebridean crofting landscape is a traditional, low-intensity farming environment of small crofts, open moorland, and machair grasslands shaped by centuries of communal agriculture in Scotland’s Outer Hebrides.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hebridean crofting landscape canonical | 1 |
Statements (79)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
agricultural landscape
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cultural landscape ⓘ rural landscape ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gaelic culture
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Gaelic language ⓘ crofting communities ⓘ crofting townships of Barra ⓘ crofting townships of Benbecula ⓘ crofting townships of Harris ⓘ crofting townships of Lewis ⓘ crofting townships of North Uist ⓘ crofting townships of South Uist ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
communal agriculture
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crofting townships ⓘ extensive grazing ⓘ high biodiversity ⓘ low-input farming ⓘ mosaic of habitats ⓘ open field systems ⓘ sandy soils enriched with shell sand ⓘ small crofts ⓘ strip fields ⓘ traditional management practices ⓘ wind-exposed coastal plains ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| hasClimate |
cool temperate oceanic climate
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high rainfall ⓘ strong Atlantic winds ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
common grazings
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croft ⓘ drystone walls ⓘ lazy-beds ⓘ machair grassland ⓘ open moorland ⓘ post-and-wire fences ⓘ scattered croft houses ⓘ small townships ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
arable strips
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barley cultivation ⓘ cattle grazing ⓘ cutting of peat ⓘ hay meadows ⓘ livestock grazing ⓘ low-intensity agriculture ⓘ oat cultivation ⓘ potato cultivation ⓘ sheep grazing ⓘ small-scale horticulture ⓘ |
| hasManagement |
crofting tenure system
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late hay cutting on machair ⓘ regulated stocking levels ⓘ rotational cropping ⓘ seasonal grazing patterns ⓘ |
| hasSoil |
machair soils rich in shell sand
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peat soils on moorland ⓘ thin acidic soils on uplands ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Outer Hebrides
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Scotland ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ |
| protectedBy |
Natura 2000 designations
NERFINISHED
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest NERFINISHED ⓘ agri-environment schemes ⓘ |
| shapedBy |
Atlantic maritime climate
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centuries of traditional land use ⓘ communal grazing rights ⓘ crofting legislation ⓘ crofting system ⓘ runrig field system ⓘ subsistence farming ⓘ |
| supports |
corncrake populations
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ground-nesting birds ⓘ machair wildflowers ⓘ pollinating insects ⓘ waders ⓘ |
| threatenedBy |
agricultural intensification
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climate change ⓘ land abandonment ⓘ rural depopulation ⓘ |
| timeDepth | medieval origins ⓘ |
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