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 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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Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. Geographically, Scotland is divided into three distinct areas: the Highlands, the Central...
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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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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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Scottish Highlander may refer to: The people and culture of the Scottish Highlands Scottish Highlander (barge) a boutique hotel barge cruising the Caledonian...
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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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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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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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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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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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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 (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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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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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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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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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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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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Ulster Scots people (redirect from Ulster-Scottish people)
Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Scottish Borders, Northumberland, Cumbria, Durham, Yorkshire and, to a lesser extent, from the Scottish Highlands. Ulster Scots people...
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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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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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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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charity working to rewild the Scottish Highlands. The Caledonian Forest once covered a large area of the Highlands of Scotland as extensive stands of majestic...
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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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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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interested in poaching freshwater pearl mussels from rivers in the Highlands of Scotland. During the course of his criminal enterprise, he falls in love...
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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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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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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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Massacre of Glencoe (category History of the Scottish Highlands)
in the Highlands of Scotland on 13 February 1692. An estimated 30 members and associates of Clan MacDonald of Glencoe were killed by Scottish government...
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