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Taken with a Converted Nikon D7000.
Torniechelt "little hill of the concealment"
Derelict farmstead on the Cabrach near the Cairngorms.
An Abandoned Farmstead
I have to emphasise I do not know the actual reason for this particular abandonment which could be much more recent judging from the debris about the site though some building are clearly more decayed than others here but,
This from the Web:
news.gov.scot/news/impact-of-ww1-on-scotland
Land issues in the Highlands and Islands
The land raids
The Crofters Act of 1886 ended the Highland Clearances and meant that crofters could not be suddenly evicted from land they rented from the landowner. However, poverty and shortage of good quality land meant that protest and discontent continued in the Highlands.
When the war ended, many soldiers from the Highlands and Islands returned home with the firm belief that they had been promised land as a reward for fighting for their country. When this land was not given to them fast enough, many began land raids.
Land raids involved men occupying land they believed they had a right to work on, without the current landowner’s permission. Returning soldiers simply ‘squatted’ on land throughout the Highlands. Some cited an old law which they claimed gave them the right to the land if they could build a wooden shelter and a hearth on which they could make a fire.
Government response
In response, the government passed the Land Settlement Act of 1919. It stated that land would be made available for men who had served in the war. This left the problem of how to obtain enough land to provide. For the Act to be successful, land would have to be purchased from the current owners but the government could not afford to do this.
Land raids continued and the government was in a difficult position. It was too expensive to meet the demands of the ex-servicemen and to punish the land raiders would be very unpopular. However, to do nothing about land raiders would undermine the authority of the government.
By the end of the 1920s the problem of land ownership, overcrowding and poverty had still not been resolved in the Highlands, and many people saw emigration as the only option.
In the period between the two World Wars, Scotland had the highest emigration rate of any European country. Many Scots saw emigration as an escape from unemployment and poverty in the Highlands and also from the depressed industrial areas of central Scotland.
The Empire Settlement Act of 1922 provided the first large scale government assisted migration programme. It was intended to boost the rural populations of Canada and other parts of the British Empire. Subsidies were paid to emigrants who agreed to work the land for a certain period of time.
The Canadian government actively encouraged emigration from Scotland by promoting their country. Full-time agents encouraged emigration to Canada from offices in Glasgow and Inverness.
The 1931 census showed a drop in Scotland's population for the first time since official records began in 1801.
Some nice strong light on the drive into the barnyard area. Rain / snow every week lately so I was very hopeful that the drought conditions here in Virginia (East Coast USA) had dissipated. So I looked it up and no... it's not. Per the Virginia Drought Report: As of February 11, 2025 approximately 32% (13480 square miles) of Virginia is under drought conditions and 30% (12617 square miles) is Abnormally dry. Sad
The pathways around Thursley Common weave around an amazing landscape.
This was the result of a day playing during social distancing.
Nikon F2AS
Zoom-NIKKOR 35~70mm f/3.5 AI-s
Nikon L1bc filter
Ilford FP4+125@ISO250
Developed in Diafine 3,5+3,5 min
1/60 sec@f/16
We see the sun, we gotta run
towards the wonderland
the only way where we belong
the search will never end..
Looking through my old shots, I stumbled upon this one. I remember it was such a beautiful day by the sea; I went there with my sister and there was this beautiful sunset, and I truly could not stop taking silhouette pictures.. they were very memorable few minutes, as if the sunshine was reminding me not to lose hope in finding happiness again. I was really depressed back then, but it's moments like these that got me through that summer.. at the end it stayed a memorable, very special summer in my heart, one of the hardest but most special ones. I felt so alive back then. Does that make any sense? I don't know, but it surprises me up to this day, and I love remembering these moments through my pictures..
This journey is likely to get quite interesting very soon.
This photo was taken by a Hasselblad 500C medium format film camera with a Carl Zeiss Distagon 1:4 f=50mm lens and Hasselblad/63 1xHz-0 drop in filter using Fuji Pro 400-H film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.