Waterfall On History Visit To North West Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, of the sight and sounds of a waterfall below a mountain on sunny history visit and trip to the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. Much of Scotland is mountainous and western areas of the Highlands enjoy a wet climate. The more steeply plunging west coast highland rivers in particular are home to countless waterfalls. There's no escaping the fact that Scotland has a lot of water. The rain that the nation is famous for is not always a bad thing, as it used for whisky, it means there are never droughts, and it also means an abundance of beautiful waterfalls. The Highlands lie to the north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, which runs from Arran to Stonehaven. This part of Scotland is largely composed of ancient rocks from the Cambrian and Precambrian periods which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. Smaller formations of Lewisian gneiss in the northwest are up to 3 billion years old. The overlying rocks of the Torridon Sandstone form mountains in the Torridon Hills such as Liathach and Beinn Eighe in Wester Ross.These foundations are interspersed with many igneous intrusions of a more recent age, the remnants of which have formed mountain massifs such as the Cairngorms and the Cuillin of Skye. A significant exception to the above are the fossil-bearing beds of Old Red Sandstone found principally along the Moray Firth coast and partially down the Highland Boundary Fault. The Jurassic beds found in isolated locations on Skye and Applecross reflect the complex underlying geology. They are the original source of much North Sea oil. The Great Glen is formed along a transform fault which divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The entire region was covered by ice sheets during the Pleistocene ice ages, save perhaps for a few nunataks. The complex geomorphology includes incised valleys and lochs carved by the action of mountain streams and ice, and a topography of irregularly distributed mountains whose summits have similar heights above sea-level, but whose bases depend upon the amount of denudation to which the plateau has been subjected in various places. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Fishing Boat On Visit Off The North West Coast Of Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video of a fishing boat on visit off the Scottish North West Coast. The Ports of Lochinver, Kinlochbervie, Auchiltibuie, Ullapool and Aultbea concentrate in the summer months on drift fishing for haddock, whiting, plaice, gurnard, dab and cod All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Beinn Eighe Mountain With Music On History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of Beinn Eighe, a complex mountain massif in the Torridon area of Wester Ross on visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. One of the most famous features of Beinn Eighe is the corrie of Coire Mhic Fhearchair, often simply known as the " Triple Buttress Corrie " after the three large rock features which dominate the view from the North. In common with much of the Northwest Highlands, the underlying rocks of the area are composed of Lewisian gneiss, a very ancient rock type. The earliest recorded ascent appears to have been during surveying of the boundary between the Gairloch and Torridon Estates, which surveyor George Campbell Smith was required to determine and delineate in 1851. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Torridon Mountains With Music On History Visit To The North West Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland short 4K travel video clip, with Scottish music, of the Torridon Mountains on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the North West Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. The Gaelic name, Toirbheartan, is usually applied to the mountains to the north of Glen Torridon. They are among the most dramatic and spectacular peaks in the British Isles and made of some of the oldest rocks in the world. Many are over 3,000 feet high, so are considered Munros. The mountains have steep terraced sides, and broken summit crests, riven into many pinnacles. There are numerous steep gullies running down the terraced sides from the peaks. Mountain include; Liathach, Beinn Eighe, Beinn Alligin, Beinn Dearg and Baosbheinn. The principal Clan surname in the area is MacKenzie, though there are many from Clan MacDonald along the North shore of Loch Torridon. 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. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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Highland Clearances Cottage With Music On History Visit To Highlands Of Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K short travel video clip, with Scottish music, of a derelict Highland Clearances cottage and mountain landscapes on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip to the Highlands, Britain, United Kingdom. During the clearances many crofts, villages and churches fell into ruin in the late 18th or more usually the early 19th century. These times were a dark chapter in Scotland’s history, as the highland social structure was destroyed in the process. This is what is known as the Highland clearances, when the population of small farmers, known as Crofters, who used to raise black cattle and drive them in herds to the lowlands to sell were unable to produce enough rent to keep the estate owners satisfied. They were evicted from their homes, often with little regard for their well being, as their goods were thrown out of their small cottages which were then demolished. The people had to go to the cities, to emigrate or to live along the coasts while the whole of the interior of the Highlands was more or less depopulated and sheep flocks, managed shepherds from the lowlands were brought in to provide a more profitable enterprise for the estates. Many crofters emigrated to America, Canada, New Zealand and Australia. The clans such as Macintosh, Campbell and Grant had ruled their lands in the highlands for hundreds of years. The Highland Clearances changed all that however, and altered a distinct and autonomous way of life. Between 1811 and 1821, around 15,000 people were removed from land owned by the Duchess of Sutherland and her husband the Marquis of Stafford to make room for 200,000 sheep. Some of those turned out had literally nowhere else to go; many were old and infirm and so starved or froze to death, left to the mercy of the elements. In 1814 two elderly people who did not get out of their cottage in time were burned alive in Strathnaver. In 1826, the Isle of Rum was cleared of its tenants who were paid to go to Canada, travelling on the ship James to dock at Halifax. In 1851, 1500 tenants on the Island of Barra, Outer Hebrides, were tricked to a meeting about land rents; they were then overpowered, tied up and forced onto a ship to America. This clearing of the population is a main contributor to the massive world-wide Scottish diaspora and why so many Americans and Canadians can trace their ancestry to the proud, ancient clans of Scotland. It is not known exactly how many highlanders emigrated, voluntarily or otherwise, during the first Clearances, but estimates put it at about 70,000. 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 All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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