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"She passes herself off as a wealthy literary lady, who is writing a novel about the plight of the crofters of Skye," she added.

The land is mostly used by tenant crofters and farmers, and has a history as a game shooting estate.

Bee was built using age-old clinker planking techniques for a co-operative of crofters from Stroma which sits between Orkney and the mainland.

Over the years, a book recording sheep tags used by local crofters was also produced.

Robert Macdonald, a local crofter and National Farmers' Union representative, said farmers were worried for their sheep and lambs.