Rosal Clearance Village

North Sutherland Community Forest Trust has submitted an asset transfer request to purchase 40 hectares of land at Rosal Clearance Village, for the preservation, interpretation and promotion of the clearance village and other historic sites for locals and visitors, including:

  • improving recreational infrastructure
  • guided walks and schools visits
  • enhancing interpretation and promotion
  • developing opportunities for community volunteering
  • employing a Community Development Manager

Decision notice

Forestry and Land Scotland has decided to agree to the request, for the following reasons: 

  • The creation of a community development post will ensure a new programme of volunteer activity that is open to an audience of all abilities, to help maintain and promote the Rosal Clearance Village site. Complementing this will be a new programme of events and educational activities creating new partnership links, in particular with the newly redeveloped Strathnaver Museum, which will ensure a sustainable approach to promoting local heritage with an emphasis on people and their use of the land
  • The measured upgrade to the recreational facilities will bring a modest increase in visitors commensurate with the need to promote the site sensitively
  • The North Sutherland Community Forestry Trust have a good track record of delivery with an existing range of forest and education-based projects, and good links into the wider community with a strong membership base

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Have your say

Anyone may make representations about a request and representations are published online. No representations on the request for Rosal Clearance Village were received by the deadline of 21 September 2022.