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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... raised beaches near the coast which had formed as the land lifted in response to its release from the pressure of the ice . As new land was required for farming and grazing they set about systematic forest clearance , for which they ...
... raised beaches near the coast which had formed as the land lifted in response to its release from the pressure of the ice . As new land was required for farming and grazing they set about systematic forest clearance , for which they ...
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... and stone circles which were raised all over Britain and to direct the large labour forces required . The purpose of these monuments remains controversial and the difference between the two 24 The Highlands and Islands in Prehistory.
... and stone circles which were raised all over Britain and to direct the large labour forces required . The purpose of these monuments remains controversial and the difference between the two 24 The Highlands and Islands in Prehistory.
Pagina 142
... raised from clans which accepted the Revolution regime , to assist in keeping order in the Highlands , but all had been disbanded by 1717. General Wade requested their revival and accordingly four new companies were raised in 1725 , and ...
... raised from clans which accepted the Revolution regime , to assist in keeping order in the Highlands , but all had been disbanded by 1717. General Wade requested their revival and accordingly four new companies were raised in 1725 , 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