The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland...
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The Highlands and Islands is one of the eight electoral regions of the Scottish Parliament, created in 1999. Eight of the parliament's first past the...
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The Highlands and Islands is an area of Scotland broadly covering the Scottish Highlands, plus Orkney, Shetland, and the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles)...
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gently rolling terrain as opposed to the mountainous landscapes of the Scottish Highlands. This area includes cities like Edinburgh and Glasgow and is known...
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The Scottish Terrier (Scottish Gaelic: Abhag Albannach; also known as the Aberdeen Terrier), popularly called the Scottie, is a breed of dog. Initially...
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the wealth of the merchant classes of the Scottish Lowlands and the ancient clans of the Scottish Highlands grew, amplifying centuries of division. The...
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Grampian Mountains (redirect from Central Highlands of Scotland)
formed part of the wider Scottish Highlands. This view is still held by many today, and they have no single name in the Scottish Gaelic language or the...
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previous season, primary filming took place in Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands, starting around September 21, 2023. In the second season, two new...
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is now limited to northern and eastern Scotland. Camera-trapping surveys carried out in the Scottish Highlands between 2010 and 2013 revealed that wildcats...
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A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred') is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense...
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into: the Scottish Highlands, the Central Belt and the Southern Uplands, the latter two primarily belonging to the Scottish Lowlands. The highlands eponymously...
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Highland (council area) (redirect from Highland (Scottish region))
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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seasons, primary filming will take place in Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. Similar to the second season, this season's cast was composed entirely...
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This is a list of fauna of the Scottish Highlands. European beaver (reintroduced) Badger European otter Field vole Goat Gray wolf (extinct) Mink (invasive)...
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Highland Potato Famine (redirect from Famine in the Scottish Highlands)
which the agricultural communities of the Hebrides and the western Scottish Highlands (Gàidhealtachd) saw their potato crop (upon which they had become...
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The Traitors (American TV series) (category Television shows filmed in Scotland)
being the hosts. A group of contestants arrive at a castle in the Scottish Highlands with hopes of winning a large cash prize that is built up through...
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Highlands and Islands Airports Limited (HIAL) (Scottish Gaelic: Puirt-adhair na Gàidhealtachd is nan Eilean Earranta) is a company based at Inverness...
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Much of Scotland is mountainous; western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular...
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company, Studio Lambert, in the same location at Ardross Castle in the Scottish Highlands. The first season of The Traitors featured ten former reality television...
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Fort William is a town in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands, located on the eastern shore of Loch Linnhe. At the 2011 census, Fort William had a population...
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List of town and villages in the Highlands of Scotland. This covers a wider area than just the Highland council area. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross Aboyne...
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Language (Scotland) Act 2005 established a language-development body, Bòrd na Gàidhlig. The Scottish Parliament is considering a Scottish Languages Bill...
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Loch Ness Scottish Highlands Torridonian sandstone NW Highlands Murray, W.H. (1977). The Companion Guide to the West Highlands of Scotland. London: William...
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Highland dress (redirect from Scottish attire)
Highland dress is the traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland. It is often characterised by tartan (plaid in North America)...
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Creature of Heaven: The Scottish Deerhound. K.A.H.Cassels, 1997. Crealock, Lt.-General Henry Hope. Deerstalking in the Highlands of Scotland. London: Longmans...
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Ulster Scots people (redirect from Ulster-Scottish people)
Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Yorkshire and to a much lesser extent, from the Scottish Highlands. Northern Ireland...
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Lowland Scotland and Ulster, native to southeast Scotland Scottish Gaelic (Gàidhlig), a Celtic language native to the Scottish Highlands Scottish English...
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Highland midge (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
rather than reducing the following summer's midge population in the Scottish Highlands, in fact increased it as the cold weather had reduced the numbers...
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Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands are the native vegetable dyes used in Scottish Gaeldom. The following are the principal dyestuffs with the...
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century concerning the nature of the rock strata in the Northwest Highlands of Scotland. The disagreement stemmed from the apparent ages of the strata,...
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