Tour Scotland short 4K late Autumn travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking in icy Glen Torridon on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The iconic, rugged mountains, including the Munros, mountains over 3,000 feet, like Liathach, Beinn Eighe, and Beinn Alligin, are formed from Torridonian red sandstone, which is around 750 million years old. The dramatic scenery of sharp ridges and deep glens was carved out by glaciers during the last Ice Age, leaving behind deep layers of sand and gravel known as hummocky moraine. Settlements have a long history in the area, with records of pig iron processing in the 17th century. However, the area was also a victim of the Highland Clearances. A particularly heartless episode occurred in the 1830s when Colonel McBarnet, who bought the estate, evicted tenant farmers to make way for sheep farming, leaving them with minimal land. Queen Victoria traveled through the glen in the late 19th century, describing the area in her diary as a " fine and wild uncivilised spot, like the end of the world. " Autumn leaf color or colour is a phenomenon that affects the normally green leaves of many deciduous trees and shrubs by which they take on, during a few weeks in the Autumn season, various shades of red, yellow, purple, black, orange, pink, magenta, blue and brown. The phenomenon is commonly called autumn colours or autumn foliage in British English and fall colors, fall foliage or simply foliage in American. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome
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