Looking out over Camuscross Bay and the Sound of Sleat to Beinn Sgritheil and the hills of Knoydart          Photo © Gwen Culbertson

                              'ALL PULLING TOGETHER'

Our community is situated in the Sleat peninsula in the South of the Isle of Skye and includes the crofting townships of Camuscross, Cruard and Duisdale and includes Isle Ornsay.    Our population is approximately 170.

Camuscross Community Steering Group was set up in February 2007 to develop various projects for community benefits and then became a community company, becoming incorporated on 22nd December 2008, with the name of Camuscross Community Initiative.  When the company decided to add the neighbouring crofting township to its area of benefit, we became Camuscross & Duisdale Initiative.

The projects it is working on are: affordable house sites, purchase of a reservoir with a view of developing a micro hydro scheme, a network of heritage paths with interpretation, and a long-term aim is  to build a local shop-cafe with community meeting space.

First the steering group and now the Initiative have organised a number of very successful events including a community meal, a Camuscross Boat Day, New Year dances, Crofters Olympics and an Open Day.  

It publishes a newsletter called An Lianag approximately quarterly-  The newsletter is named after the 'green' in the middle of the village, which is where the crofters traditionally met to discuss township matters.

The crofts and houses of Camuscross, from Baravaig