Camas Chros

Mìneachadh – Meaning: camas + cros – the bay of the cross or crosses

‘S e tac no tuathanas a bh’ ann an Camas Chros gu ruige 1801. ‘S e an taigh aig 15 Camas Chros an seann taigh-tac. Chaidh an tac a roinn ann an 40 lot agus talamh airson thaighean le gàrradh aig a’ Chruard a rèir comhairle an neach-sgrùdaidh John Blackadder ann an 1801. Rinn daoine à diofar àiteachan (Mùrsaig, Leitir Fura, Barabhaig, Dùisdeil nam measg) tagradh airson lot fhaighinn. Chaidh na lotaichean a dhèanamh beag a dh’aona-ghnothach leis gun robh e fa-near gum biodh na croitearan a’ faighinn cosnadh san stèisean iasgaich aig Eilean Iarmain.

Camuscross was a MacDonald farm or tack until 1801. The house at number 15 Camuscross is the original farmhouse. The tack was divided into 40 lots with land for houses with garden areas at Cruard according to recommendations set out by the surveyor, John Blackadder, in 1801. Crofters from places such as Morsaig, Leitir Fura, Baravaig and Duisdale petitioned for crofts. The crofts were made small intentionally as it was envisioned that the crofters would be employed in the fishing station at Eilean Iarmain.