The evacuation of Inver and the surrounding area was well reported in the local paper the Ross-shire Journal and further afield in the Scotsman and the Glasgow Herald with a photograph of the shop being boarded up appearing in the Glasgow Bulletin.

The papers reported the evacuation as a Highland Clearance because the army was going to put tanks on to the land instead of sheep and everybody was to be cleared off the land. No matter how carefully you read the following articles the real reason for clearing off the people and the animals was not given because it was Top Secret. In fact it was more than 'Top Secret' it was called 'Bigot'.

Farmers returning the following year would find no harvest to look forward to because it had been too late to sow. The tanks had packed the ground hard walls and fences were knocked down.

Arboll and Tarrel were the worst affected. Any money the farmers got for compensation was at 1939 prices and only for the damage done and loss of earnings. They didn't think it was nearly enough to put the damage right as it would take years for the land to recover. The farmers had to try and restock their farms again and with their horses sold they had to buy in tractors instead. Also farm workers returning to the farms didn't stay long because they had found better conditions where they had been evacuated to.