It was anounced today that Donald Murdie of Galtrigill, Isle of Skye, is the first crofter to have gone through the process of getting his croft mapped and applying to have the map put on the Crofting Register, held by Registers of Scotland. Mr Murdie was informed yesterday that his application is successful and that his croft is the first to be registered.

As Malcolm Combe tweeted:-

Monumental announcement today. No, not the #indyref, but the first registration on RoS’s new Crofting Register! crofting.org/uploads/news/f… [PDF]

— Malcolm Combe (@BaseDrones) March 21, 2013

But I noted:-

@basedrones Can’t find it on the Register?!

— Crofting Law (@CroftingLaw) March 21, 2013

… and Malcolm responded

@croftinglaw hah! Hilarious. I had not even checked, I assumed it would be there. Maybe it was an early release? Like the Evening Standard!

— Malcolm Combe (@BaseDrones) March 21, 2013

Until Registers of Scotland get their act together and actually register Mr. Murdie’s croft on the Crofting Register I have used Google Maps to find it for you:-

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Brian Inkster