Crofts
Croft is a term used for a small agricultural holding, typically including a dwelling and a modest area of cultivated land and grazing, found especially in Scotland, parts of northern England, and Ireland. A person who works a croft is called a crofter. Crofts are usually tenanted rather than owned outright, and land use is often for subsistence farming, dairy, vegetables, and sheep or cattle grazing. In Gaelic regions they form a distinct social and economic unit within landed estates, with crofting communities sharing common grazing rights.
Historically, crofting developed in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland, where large estates were subdivided into
The plural form crofts simply refers to multiple croft holdings. The term also exists as a surname;