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 153
... sheep in the Highlands , perhaps as many sheep as cattle . But while cattle had represented wealth and had been raided and traded for profit , sheep had been kept principally to supply basic needs , wool for clothing , milk and cheese ...
... sheep in the Highlands , perhaps as many sheep as cattle . But while cattle had represented wealth and had been raided and traded for profit , sheep had been kept principally to supply basic needs , wool for clothing , milk and cheese ...
Pagina 154
... sheep was not only hard , it was also scanty , partly because the little animals were regarded as delicate and were taken indoors at night , so there was no climatic incentive for a thick coat to develop . Sheep were treated by Highland ...
... sheep was not only hard , it was also scanty , partly because the little animals were regarded as delicate and were taken indoors at night , so there was no climatic incentive for a thick coat to develop . Sheep were treated by Highland ...
Pagina 167
... sheep farmers from the Borders and the Lowlands to offer Highland landlords rents far in excess of those which they received from their existing tenants . For example , a shieling in Glengarry had been let to local tenants for £ 15 a ...
... sheep farmers from the Borders and the Lowlands to offer Highland landlords rents far in excess of those which they received from their existing tenants . For example , a shieling in Glengarry had been let to local tenants for £ 15 a ...
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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