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    Highland (Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhealtachd, pronounced [ˈkɛːəl̪ˠt̪əxk]; Scots: Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local...
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    of the Highland council area in Scotland are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the Highland Council, in elections to the council, and in...
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    Highland, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. The council is based at the Highland Council Headquarters in Inverness. The Highland area had been created...
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    part of the Highland council area for local government purposes. It is part of the registration county of Argyll and the lieutenancy area of Inverness...
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    The Highland is a Scottish breed of rustic cattle. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the Western Islands of Scotland and has long horns and a...
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    fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the...
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    and in the Inner Hebrides have been part of the Highland region, which was redesignated a council area in 1996. The Outer Hebrides parts of the county...
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  • Highland Boundary Fault. The Highland council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and Britain's largest local government area....
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    bodies both covered the Highland council area and the island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Highland Council signs in the Pass of...
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    The West Highland Way (Scottish Gaelic: Slighe Taobh an Iar na Gàidhealtachd) is a linear long-distance route in Scotland. It is 154 km (96 miles) long...
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  • List of towns and villages in the Scottish Highlands (category Towns in Highland (council area))
    area than just the Highland council area. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross Aboyne, Aberdeenshire Achfary, Highland Alness, Highland Altnaharra, Highland Applecross...
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    government purposes in 1975, when the area became part of the Highland region, which in turn became a single-tier council area in 1996. There was a local government...
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    Gaelic: Baile a' Chaisteil) is a village on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland, situated near Dunnet Bay. It is within the civil parish...
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    A List of churches in Highland (council area), Scotland. The area was previously divided into civil parishes, one for each medieval church: Caithness:...
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    Bun Ilidh) is a village on the east coast of Sutherland, in the Highland council area of Scotland. The modern village was planned in 1814 to resettle...
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    Nairn (redirect from Nairn, Highland)
    Gaelic: Inbhir Narann) is a town and former royal burgh in the Highland Council area of Scotland. It is an ancient fishing port and market town around...
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    Eilg, also Gleann Eilg) is a scattered community area and civil parish in the Lochalsh area of Highland in western Scotland. The main village is called...
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  • Look up Highland, highland, Highlands, or highlands in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Highland is a broad term for areas of higher elevation, such as...
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    Loch Morlich (category Lochs of Highland (council area))
    Mhùrlaig)[citation needed] is a freshwater loch in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Highland, Scotland near Aviemore. The loch is home to a watersports centre with...
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    Advie (category Highland geography stubs)
    (Scottish Gaelic: Àbhaidh) is a small village in Strathspey, in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It lies to the south of the River Spey, and next to...
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    Moray Firth (category Landforms of Highland (council area))
    of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland. It is the largest firth in Scotland, stretching...
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    Thurso (redirect from Thurso, Highland)
    ˈhjɔːrˠs̪ə]) is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland. Situated in the historical County of Caithness, it...
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    Glenfinnan Viaduct (category Bridges in Highland (council area))
    The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the...
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  • Christmas in the Highlands (category Films set in Highland (council area))
    ballroom at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The award winning Highland Chocolatier Iain Burnett and his shop are featured in the movie. Free-ranging...
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    areas (council areas) of Highland, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Northern, as in Northern Constabulary, is also used to refer to this area....
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    Carbisdale Castle (category Castles in Highland (council area))
    because of her first marriage to Captain Arthur Kindersley Blair of the 71st Highland Light Infantry, who died in a hunting accident in 1883 near Pitlochry....
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    Eilean Donan (category Castles in Highland (council area))
    reconstruction of the old castle. Eilean Donan is part of the Kintail National Scenic Area, one of 40 in Scotland. In 2001, the island had a recorded population of...
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  • The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league...
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  • Scouthal Burn (category Rivers of Highland (council area))
    of Acharole has its source in the Flow Country of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, at a height of around 50 metres, at the confluence of the...
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    Castle Tioram (category Ruined castles in Highland (council area))
    Estates, were announced in 1997 and received planning consent from Highland Council. This included the creation of a clan centre/museum, domestic apartments...
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