Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip of a Scotsman wearing a kilt and sporran and walking in snow on ancestry, genealogy, history visit and trip to Glen Torridon in 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. " 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. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Officially, the Scottish winter runs from the 21st of December through to the 20th March
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