Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of derelict Crofters cottage, with Scottish music, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Britain, United Kingdom.One of the saddest chapters in Scottish history was the Highland Clearances. It resulted in the mass movement of thousands of Highland families from their homes in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in the western Highlands and Islands, to make way for more profitable forms of land use for the owners. The departing population moved to urban lowland manufacturing centres or left the country. On the Isle of Skye, for example, more than 40,000 people received writs of removal. The island of Skye has been occupied since the Mesolithic period, and its history includes a time of Norse rule and a long period of domination by Clan MacLeod and Clan Donald. The 18th century Jacobite risings led to the breaking up of the clan system and subsequent Clearances that replaced entire communities with sheep farms, some of which also involved forced emigrations to distant lands. Resident numbers declined from over 20,000 in the early 19th century to just under 9,000 by the closing decade of the 20th century. The main industries are tourism, agriculture, fishing and forestry. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. @tourscotland
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