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Historically, the "Highland line" distinguished the two Scottish cultures. While the Highland line broadly followed the geography of the Grampians in the south, it continued in the north, cutting off the north-eastern areas, that is Eastern Caithness, Orkney and Shetland, from the more Gaelic Highlands and Hebrides.
May 1, 2024 · Scottish Highlands, major physiographic and cultural division of Scotland, lying northwest of a line drawn from Dumbarton, near the head of the Firth of Clyde on the western coast, to Stonehaven, on the eastern coast.
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Scotland - Highlands, Islands, Culture: By 1800 the Highlands had become overpopulated relative to the means of subsistence. Many lairds, seeking to support their tenantry through the kelp industry, were ruined when it collapsed in the period from 1815 to 1825.
Eilean Donan, Highlands of Scotland. Glen Coe is a valley in the northern part of Bute in Strathclyde. Even today in winter Glen Coe is a bleak place, and it was here in February 1692 that 37 MacDonalds were murdered by their guests, a company of Campbell militia. An order had gone out to the highland chiefs from King William III that they ...
The Scottish Highlands. In earlier times the Scottish Highlands region was dominated by the Gaels and their Gaelic language and culture while the lowlands were Scottish. The dividing line was everything west from the Great Glen (Inverness to Loch Linnhe and the islands) and roughly 50 miles of land east of the Great Glen.
The dramatic sweep of history merges with the landscape across the Highlands and Islands. It is easy to travel back through time here, journeying from battlefields to brochs, castles to churches. From the Neolithic pre-history of the Highlands and Islands through the Picts and Vikings to the Clearances and the impact of two World Wars, this ...
Aug 18, 2023 · Am Baile – Highland History and Culture. Explore the rich history of the Scottish Highlands and Islands through images, maps, documents, audio and video. View our recent acquisitions. Please Donate. Am Baile has been providing free access to content and resources since 2003.
