Laidhay Preservation Trust

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The Laidhay Croft Museum stands beside the main A9 road a mile north-east of Dunbeath. The croft museum comprises three main buildings. These include a small thatched barn, a more modern shed and an old farmhouse, this being a long linear structure built of whitewashed walls topped off with a thatched roof. This sort of farmhouse or longhouse was once common in this part of Caithness but today the one at Laidhay is a very rare survivor, probably built in the early 1800s. The purpose of the charity is to provide a physical historical record of rural crofting life in Caithness. This is done by maintaining the above mentioned buildings and allowing the general public access to them. This has various educational, community & recreational benefits.

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