Aultiphurst in Strathy

Strathy

Strathy is a scattered community in the Highland area of Scotland.Strathy is on the north coast of Scotland, on the A836 road some twenty miles west of Thurso...

, Sutherland

Sutherland

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, is a village in the Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands

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 of Scotland

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Aultiphurst was settled as a clearance village mostly from the Naver Highland clearances

Highland Clearances

The Highland Clearances were forced displacements of the population of the Scottish Highlands during the 18th and 19th centuries. They led to mass emigration to the sea coast, the Scottish Lowlands, and the North American colonies...

. During the 19th century more than 30 people worked several crofts

Croft (land)

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 belonging to the Mackays. The name Aultiphurst is a misspelling of Allt a' Phuirt - which is Gaelic for Allt - a stream; a' - of the; phuirt - genitive form of 'port' where a boat can land. Given its exposed location to occasional fierce winds from the Arctic

Arctic

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, it is poor cropland, and has traditionally been used for grazing sheep, mostly Texiles and Cheviot breeds.

The land around Aultiphurst is part of the Strathy Point and Laidnaguillin common grazings. This is managed by the grazings committee and is owned by the Scottish Department of Agriculture.

The crofts at Aultiphurst are named "Armadale croft 12, 11, 10, 9 and 8" on the old titles. All the crofts in Aultiphurst and Brawl were associated previously with Armadale. Sheep regularly drown in the wettest parts of the surrounding bogland. Aultiphurst accepts occasional overnight campers.

See also

Badbea

Badbea

Badbea is a former village by the cliff tops of the east coast of Caithness, Scotland, established during the Highland Clearances. Situated around north of Helmsdale, the village was settled in the 18th and 19th centuries by families evicted from their homes when the straths of Langwell, Ousdale...

 - clearance village in Caithness

Caithness

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Aultiphurst is in the Scottish

Scotland

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 council area of Highland.