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Source 5B

Questions

1. Choose two areas in Skye and copy down what the population was in 1755, 1801 and 1841

2. Use these figures to decide whether the population has gone up, stayed about the same, gone down.

3. By how much has the population changed? You can draw a bar chart to show this.
Table from the records of the Highland Destitution Board
National Archives of Scotland - HD20 / 82
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