Portrait of the HighlandsHale, 1969 - 288 Seiten |
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... chief , whose patronymic they bear . This idea of a Highland clan has been romanticised in Aytoun's lay of " The Old Scottish Cavalier " : He kept his castle in the north , Hard by the thundering Spey ; And a thousand vassals dwelt ...
... chief , whose patronymic they bear . This idea of a Highland clan has been romanticised in Aytoun's lay of " The Old Scottish Cavalier " : He kept his castle in the north , Hard by the thundering Spey ; And a thousand vassals dwelt ...
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... chief was a despot . However great the blind devotion of the clansmen to their chief - as portrayed for example , in " the Dougal creature " of Scott's Rob Roy - the chief had in practice to respect the opinion and sentiment of his ...
... chief was a despot . However great the blind devotion of the clansmen to their chief - as portrayed for example , in " the Dougal creature " of Scott's Rob Roy - the chief had in practice to respect the opinion and sentiment of his ...
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... chief prop of the Coven- anting cause in his own mountain homeland , the inaccessibility of which had prompted the Campbell vaunt : " it's a far cry to Lochow " . Starting from Blair , about 11th December , 1644 , with some three ...
... chief prop of the Coven- anting cause in his own mountain homeland , the inaccessibility of which had prompted the Campbell vaunt : " it's a far cry to Lochow " . Starting from Blair , about 11th December , 1644 , with some three ...
Inhalt
Introduction | 9 |
PART ONE THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS | 17 |
The Geological Foundations | 19 |
Urheberrecht | |
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ancient Argyll Atholl August Aviemore Badenoch bank basin beautiful Ben Lawers birch Braemar Bridge Britain built Cairn Cairngorms Campbell Castle Celtic Central Highlands century chief church Clan coast Comyn corrie course cross Dalradian Deeside descends Drumalban Duncan Dunkeld Earl east eastern famous feet feudal Findhorn Forest Fort Augustus Gaelic geological Glen gorge granite head of Loch height High hills hydro-electric Inverness island Jacobite Kildrummy King Kingussie known lake land Lawers Loch Awe Loch Duich Loch Lomond Loch Ness Locheil Lochnagar Lord Lowlands miles Montrose moorland Moray Firth mountain Mounth Norse Northern Highlands Old Red Sandstone Pass Perth picturesque Portrait Prince railway Rannoch rising river road rocks round royal ruined Ruthven scene scenery Schists Scotland Scottish Highlands side Spey Speyside stone Strath Strathspey stream summit Sutherland Torridonian tower traversed valley Wade's western