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The martyrs’ legacy: crofters can now blow their own horn

When Iain MacPherson stands on the north-west tip of Skye in two weeks time and sounds the horn once blown by his great-grandfather back in 1883, it should resonate through the soul of Scotland’s crofting community.

While this time it will mark a homecoming of the diaspora of the Glendale area of Skye, back then it warned of an attack on Iain’s ancestor, John MacPherson and the people of the crofting community.