croft
Cottage's attached pasture
A croft is a small rented farm, especially in Scotland or northern England.
The term specifically refers to agricultural plots worked by tenant farmers called crofters, typically on estates where the land has been divided into modest holdings.
The family had worked the same croft for generations.
Small cultivated land parcel
- tenantOne who rents property
- steadingFarm and its buildings
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- allotmentDesignated share or portion
subsistence · leasehold · peasant · self-sufficiency · livelihood · homesteader · landholding · freehold
Scottish upland region
- HebridesScottish island chain
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- townshipCounty's smaller division
- clearancesAuthorizations or space allowances
bothy · peat · ancestral · clachan · isle · Skye · Orkney · Shetland
Small rural home
- thatchedRoofed with dried vegetation
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- whitewashedConcealed with false appearance
- hearthFireplace floor area
chimney · farmhouse · outbuilding · barn · shed · bothy · rustic · humble
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
- livestockDomesticated farm animals
flock · herdsman · sheepdog · dairy · goats · poultry · henhouse · byre
smallholding
Small cultivated land parcel
allotment · subsistence · leasehold · peasant · self-sufficiency · livelihood · homesteader · landholding · freehold · hereditary
Highland
Scottish upland region
clearances · bothy · peat · ancestral · clachan · isle · Skye · Orkney · Shetland
cottage
Small rural home
- thatchedRoofed with dried vegetation
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- whitewashedConcealed with false appearance
hearth · chimney · farmhouse · outbuilding · barn · shed · bothy · rustic · humble · snug
sheep
Woolly farm animal
- cattleDomesticated bovines kept commercially
- grazingFeeding on pasture
- pastureGrazing ground for livestock
livestock · flock · herdsman · sheepdog · dairy · goats · poultry · henhouse · byre · lambing
cultivation
Fostering growth through care
- husbandryFarm management practice
- tillageSoil preparation for planting
- fallowUnplanted field recovering
arable · sowing · harvesting · plowing · crop rotation · hay · oats · barley · potatoes · turnips
moorland
Open uncultivated upland
meadow · pastureland · countryside · remote · windswept · rugged · coastal · rocky · sparse · bucolic
- lodginghotel, inn, motel, hotels, hostel
- British Countrysidehedgerow, village, hedgerows, hamlet, moorland
- historic dwellingsmanor house, longhouse, log cabin, farmhouse, cottage
- rural homesfarmhouse, log cabin, country cottage, cottage, cabin
- rural lodgingsfarmhouse, cottage, cabin, country cottage, country inn
- rural propertiesfarm, ranch, farmhouse, farmstead, dairy farm
croftestate
Property and grounds
plantation · ranch · agribusiness · industrial farm · manor
croftcommons
Shared community resources
open range · common land · prairie · steppe · outfield