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• Celts, Picts and Norse

  

  Celts, Picts and Norsemen may be lost in the mists of time, but their influence lives on in the Highlands and Islands.

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• Crofting

  

  Traditional blackhouses have been replaced and small farm machinery is widely used on today's crofts but what was it like in days gone by.

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• Energy

  

  In the past the Highlands depended on the natural resources of wind, water, wood and peat as sources of energy.

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• Famous Highland Personalities

  

  Throughout the centuries the Highlands have produced many famous and infamous personalities.

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• Farming

  

  The fertile straths and coastal plains of the east have long supported arable farming while in the west, hill sheep farming is more common.

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• Fishing

  

  With such a long and diverse coastline it was inevitable the Highland communities would turn to the sea for food and work.

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• Highland Crafts

  

  'A Jack-of-all-trades and master of none'? Not so in the Highlands and Islands.

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• Religion

  

  From pre-Christian religions through to the arrival of St Columba and beyond.

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• St Kilda

  

  St Kilda is home to one of the largest seabird colonies in the world but up until the 1930s it was also home to a small community of Highlanders.

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• The Clearances

  

  Few incidents in history have so effected Highland life and culture as the Highland Clearances.

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• Tourism

  

  Landscapes, castles, golf and whisky are just a few of the things which attract tourists to the Highlands each year.

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• Travelling People

  

  Highland Travellers have been a distinct part of Scotland's culture, society and economy for years.

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