Highland and Lowland Clearances: Scotland's Hidden History
An in-depth exploration of both Highland and Lowland clearances, revealing how government policies and 'improvement' ideology systematically displaced Scottish communities in places like Dumfries and Galloway, creating modern land ownership patterns.
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The concentration of land ownership that we see today didn't just happen overnight; these clearances were part of a much longer process of consolidating land that had been worked by many into the hands of very few.
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An in depth look at not just the Highland clearances but the lowland ones too, in Dumfries and Galloway etc. what events and policies led to the this
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