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The stone building at Knap of Howar, Orkney, one of the oldest surviving houses in north-west Europe. The oldest house for which there is evidence in Scotland is the oval structure of wooden posts found at South Queensferry near the Firth of Forth, dating from the Mesolithic period, about 8240 BCE. [1]
The Highland Clearances (Scottish Gaelic: Fuadaichean nan Gàidheal [ˈfuət̪ɪçən nəŋ ˈɡɛː.əl̪ˠ], the "eviction of the Gaels") were the evictions of a significant number of tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands, mostly in two phases from 1750 to 1860.
Country houses in Scotland (4 C, 4 P) E. ... Highlands and Islands of Scotland (19 C, 100 P) ... Pages in category "Rural Scotland"
Highland Estates — country estates in the Scottish Highlands region of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Pages in category "Highland Estates" The following 46 pages are in this category, out of 46 total.
Scotland's land issues are rooted in two processes that happened in the 18th and 19th centuries, especially in the Scottish Highlands: . Enclosures: landlords took control of the common lands under their regime, made them their private property, and excluded their tenants from using them.
Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross; Aboyne, Aberdeenshire; Achfary, Highland; Alness, Highland; Altnaharra, Highland; Applecross, Highland; Arisaig, Highland; Ardlui ...
Linlithgow Palace, the first building to bear that title in Scotland, extensively rebuilt along Renaissance principles from the fifteenth century.. The origins of private estate houses in Scotland are in the extensive building and rebuilding of royal palaces that probably began under James III (r. 1460–88), accelerated under James IV (r. 1488–1513), and reached its peak under James V (r ...
They were often built in remote or isolated areas in Scotland, Ireland and parts of Europe, especially northern Spain and included some type of fortification, typically a tower. They are most often constructed of stone. Examples of medieval tower houses in Scotland include: Crathes Castle, Craigievar Castle and Castle Fraser.