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Sutherland Beach One of the Best in the World
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Sandwood Bay in Sutherland has been named as one of the best 50 beaches in the world by Travel magazine; and only one of five listed from the UK. The bay is around 5 miles south of Cape Wrath, the m...
Topics: Ghosts, Sandwood Bay, Sutherland
Nadine Lee
Highland Clearances Influence Composer
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Robert Aitken's new soundtrack 'Kildonan' A new soundtrack by a Scottish composer has been influenced by the infamous Highland Clearances of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Kildonan, the latest work by...
Topics: App, Emigration to Canada, Highland Clearances, Kildonan, Sutherland
Nadine Lee
Map Reveals Scots Modern-Day Surnames
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A map of Great Britain’s most popular surnames shows the dominance that clan areas still hold in Scotland, while other areas show the effects of modern-day immigration. Created by experts from three...
Topics: edinburgh, glasgow, Highlands, Inverness, orkeny, Shetland, surnames, uncertainty of identity, western isles, Fraser, MacDonald, MacKay, MacKenzie, MacLeod, Ross, Sinclair, Sutherland
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