The Drove Roads of Scotland |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 40
Page 75
... ferry for the Black Cattle of Skye , ' 1 and it continued to be the main crossing - place till the construction of the railway to Strome Ferry and subsequently to Kyle of Lochalsh diverted the main traffic to the wider but easier ...
... ferry for the Black Cattle of Skye , ' 1 and it continued to be the main crossing - place till the construction of the railway to Strome Ferry and subsequently to Kyle of Lochalsh diverted the main traffic to the wider but easier ...
Page 93
... ferry at Port Askaig , and in that year it was decided to establish one on a site of 60 to 80 acres , an extent which shows that the droves must have been of con- siderable size . A few years later , James Hill in charge of the ferry ...
... ferry at Port Askaig , and in that year it was decided to establish one on a site of 60 to 80 acres , an extent which shows that the droves must have been of con- siderable size . A few years later , James Hill in charge of the ferry ...
Page 114
... ferry boat was put on at Higginsneuk ( Kincardine ) Ferry in addition to the sailing boats used for black cattle , the ferrying rate being fixed at 6s 8d a score . The cattle traffic at the Higginsneuk Ferry appears to have interfered ...
... ferry boat was put on at Higginsneuk ( Kincardine ) Ferry in addition to the sailing boats used for black cattle , the ferrying rate being fixed at 6s 8d a score . The cattle traffic at the Higginsneuk Ferry appears to have interfered ...
Contents
The Early Drovers | 6 |
The Life and Work of a Drover | 20 |
The Economics of Droving | 45 |
11 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
1st series Aberdeenshire Agriculture Angus appears Argyll autumn beasts beef black cattle boats Border breed Caithness cattle dealers cattle market cattle trade cattle traffic coast Commissioners for Highland Court of Session Crieff Crieff Tryst districts driven drove roads drove route drovers droving trade droving traffic Dumfries early east Edinburgh eighteenth century England evidence export fairs Falkirk Falkirk Tryst farmers ferry Galloway Glen grazing H.M. Register House Hawick head Hebrides Highland Roads important Inverness island Islay journey Killin Kyle Rhea land last century Loch Awe Loch Fyne Lochaber Lowlands miles Muir of Ord nineteenth century number of cattle Parish passed pasture Perthshire Poolewe Privy Council Rannoch records Report river Roads and Bridges Ross-shire salt Scots cattle Scottish seventeenth century Signet Library Skye sold south of Scotland stance Statistical Account Strath Survey tenants Tour Tyndrum Uist valley Yorkshire