High Cliffs On Visit To The West Coast Of Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video clip, with Scottish music, of high cliffs on visit to the West Coast of Isle of Skye. Inner Hebrides. The video includes Talisker Bay which was for centuries a possession of the Clan Macleod. For nearly two hundred years it was associated with a cadet branch of the chiefly line, founded by Sir Roderick Macleod, 1st of Talisker, born 1606, died 1675. Sir Roderick was the second son of Rory Mor Macleod, died 1626, and Isabel, daughter of Donald Macdonell, 8th of Glengarry. Along with his brother, Sir Norman Macleod of Bernera, he was knighted in 1661 for his services to the royalist cause. He married first a daughter of Lord Reay and secondly Mary, daughter of Lachlan Og Mackinnon of Mackinnon. In 1820 Donald Macleod, 6th of Talisker, a major in the 56th Regiment, sold his interest in Talisker and emigrated to Tasmania, financed by his father-in-law, Alexander Maclean of Coll. He travelled with 36 Highlanders of his connection and secured a grant of 2,000 acres. In 1825, Hugh MacAskill took over the Talisker estate and completed the clearance process begun under his predecessor. Five years later, he founded the Talisker distillery, which is in fact located some 5 miles away from Talisker at Carbost, Loch Harport. MacAskill gave up his lease of the Talisker lands in 1849. The Scottish coastline has a complex geology, and the sea has carved out softer rocks and lines of weakness to produce a spectacularly varied landscape. Scottish cliffs in clay and other soft deposits usually overlie bedrock. This protects them from much of the rapid erosion seen in true soft cliffs such as those of north Norfolk, England. Structural features of sea cliffs include: caves, overhangs, natural arches and bridges and flying buttresses. Since the word cliff has no agreed definition, estimates of the total length of Scotland’s cliffs vary, from 1,778km to 4,060km. This latter figure represents some 60% of Britain’s cliffs. Seabirds can find a nesting ledge on most types of rock. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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