The Scottish Highlands (Scottish
Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd, Scots: Hielans) include the rugged and
mountainous regions of Scotland north and west of the Highland
Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly
defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the
Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands.
The Highlands are popularly described as one of the most scenic
regions of Europe.
The area is generally sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges
dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the
British Isles, Ben Nevis. Before the 19th century however the
Highlands was home to a much larger population, but due to a
combination of factors including the outlawing of the traditional
Highland way of life following the Second Jacobite Rising, the
infamous Highland Clearances, and mass migration to urban areas
during the Industrial Revolution, the area is now one of the most
sparsely populated in Europe. The average population density in the
Highlands and Islands is lower than that of Sweden, Norway, Papua
New Guinea and Argentina.
The Highland Council is the administrative body for much of the
Scottish Highlands, with its administrative centre at Inverness.
However the Highlands also includes parts of the council areas of
Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Moray, Perth and Kinross, and
Stirling. Although the Isle of Arran administratively belongs to
North Ayrshire, its northern part is generally regarded as part of
the Highlands.We at Datable
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Banchory, Beauly, Bettyhill, Blair Atholl, Boat of Garten, Braemar,
Bridge of Orchy, Cannich, Carrbridge, Coldbackie, Cammachmore,
Contin, Cookney, Corpach, Crianlarich, Cromarty, Culbokie, Culloden,
Dalmally, Dalwhinnie, Dingwall, Dornie, Dornoch, Durness, Evanton,
Fort Augustus, Fort William, Fortrose, Gairloch, Glencoe, Glenelg,
Grantown-on-Spey, Glenfinnan, Inveraray, Invermoriston, Inverness,
Killin, Kilmartin, Kingussie, Kinlocheil, Kinlochleven, Kinlochewe,
Kinloch Rannoch, Kyle of Lochalsh, Laggan, Lochailort, Lochcarron,
Lochinver, Lochgoilhead, Lochearnhead, Lochgilphead, Mallaig,
Maryculter, Morar, Muchalls, Muir of Ord, Nairn, Netherley,
Newtonmore, North Connel, North Ballachulish, Nethy Bridge, Oban,
Peterculter, Plockton, Poolewe, Portmahomack, Reay, Rosemarkie,
Shieldaig, South Ballachulish, Strathpeffer, Strathy, Strontian,
Stornoway, Tain, Tarbet, Taynuilt, Thurso, Tobermory, Tomintoul,
Tongue, Torridon, Tullich, Tyndrum, Ullapool and Wick |
