Beyond the Highland Line: Highland History and CultureConstable, 1991 - 236 pagini An historical and cultural guide to the Scottish Highlands, embracing the early Pictish inhabitants up to the present day. The author examines such topics as the history of the clans, depopulation and emigration, the tourist trade, and highland ecology. |
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Pagina 27
... crannog , a lake - dwelling built on timber piles , or on an existing islet strengthened by the sinking of piles , on which a round wooden house was built , approached by a timber gangway from the land . Crannog platforms naturally ...
... crannog , a lake - dwelling built on timber piles , or on an existing islet strengthened by the sinking of piles , on which a round wooden house was built , approached by a timber gangway from the land . Crannog platforms naturally ...
Pagina 28
... crannog is perhaps easier to imagine than to estimate , but the advantage of possessing iron axes for such an enterprise can scarcely be exaggerated . The introduction of iron raises the controversial question of the arrival of the ...
... crannog is perhaps easier to imagine than to estimate , but the advantage of possessing iron axes for such an enterprise can scarcely be exaggerated . The introduction of iron raises the controversial question of the arrival of the ...
Pagina 203
... crannog in Loch Olabhat , North Uist , excavated by Ian Armit of the University of Edinburgh , has pushed the invention of crannogs much farther back into prehistory . This crannog was a stone ' artificial island ' with a timber and ...
... crannog in Loch Olabhat , North Uist , excavated by Ian Armit of the University of Edinburgh , has pushed the invention of crannogs much farther back into prehistory . This crannog was a stone ' artificial island ' with a timber and ...
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Illustrations | 9 |
Picts and Scots | 35 |
Gael Norse and Norman | 52 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Alasdair Alasdair MacColla Alexander ancient Angus Óg Argyll army Balliol battle became best-dressed Highlander Bishop Caledonians Campbell cattle Celtic Celts chiefs Christian Church Clan Donald clansmen crofters crown Dalriada David defeated descendants drovers Duke Earl earldom Edinburgh eighteenth century England English feudal followed Gaelic Gaels Glen Gordon Gordon Donaldson Grant and Cheape Hebrides Highland dress Highland Line Highland regiments Highlands and Islands History I.F. Grant Ibid Inverness Iona Ireland Irish Islay Jacobite Jacobite Rising James VI James VII John kilt kindred King of Scots kingdom Kintyre land later Loch Lord Lordship Lowland MacDonald MacGregor MacKenzies MacPherson Malcolm Malcolm MacHeth Mór Moray nineteenth century Norse Orkney Ossian Pictish Picts plaid poem possession Prince Charles Edward Queen Roman Ross royal Scotland Scottish sheep Skye society Somerled Statutes of Iona Stewart stone Stuart survived Sutherland symbols tartan tenants tradition victory warriors Western Isles