Hills of Britain and Ireland
OS Map of Beinn na Feusaige
Height: 627m / 2056ft • Prominence: 228m / 748ft • Summit : small cairn on outcrop • Trip reports (hill-bagging)
Loch Scaven wide
15-Aug-20 • craig.lonie • flickr
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Highlands
The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area 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 Scottish Gaelic name of A' Ghàidhealtachd literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands. The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. Before the 19th century 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 Jacobite Rising of 1745, 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. At 9.1 per km2 in 2012, the population density in the Highlands and Islands is less than one seventh of Scotland's as a whole, comparable with that of Bolivia, Chad and Russia.
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OS Map
This is OS mapping. In some areas, OpenStreetMap shows more footpaths
Spatial NI has online OSNI mapping. Click "Basemap Gallery" (4 squares icon at the top).
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Photos
Please tag your photos and upload them to the British and Irish Mountains group on Flickr
The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.
Loch Scaven wide
15-Aug-20 • craig.lonie • flickr
bagpipes bennevis cairngorms caledonianforest castles clanhistory crofting cullodenbattlefield eileandonancastle fortwilliam glens goldeneagles heather heathercoveredhills highlandcattle highlandclearances highlandculture highlandgames highlandlandscape hikingtrails inverness isleofskye jacobiterebellion lochlomond lochness lochs mountains munros neolithicsites outdooradventure pictishstones reddeer remoteareas ruralcommunities scotland scottishgaelic scottishhighlands scottishscenery tartan whiskydistilleries wildlife achnasheen unitedkingdom 53908461884
Highlands
The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: A' Ghàidhealtachd, "the place of the Gaels") are a historic region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the later Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area 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 Scottish Gaelic name of A' Ghàidhealtachd literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands. The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. Before the 19th century 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 Jacobite Rising of 1745, 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. At 9.1 per km2 in 2012, the population density in the Highlands and Islands is less than one seventh of Scotland's as a whole, comparable with that of Bolivia, Chad and Russia.
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'In Heaven itself, I'll ask no more, Than just a Highland welcome' - Robert Burns You only saw this if you went down a slope and stood facing the shed - I only found it because I'd left the car to take a photo of the scene in the distance. 'Slightly surprised' doesn't cover it. The moment suddenly felt very, very different - and I was only vaguely comforted by my ability to claim ancestral Scottish lineage should a desperate plea for mercy be required. Great-grandparentage just might not have been enough, though. Loch Scaven/Sgamhain, Glen Carron, Highland, Scotland. [From the archive - redux]
03-May-14 • andy.sheppard • flickr
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Notes
- Data: Database of British and Irish Hills v18.2
- Maps: We use OS mapping for England, Scotland, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Sadly, Channel Islands, Northern (OSNI) and Southern Ireland (OSI) mapping isn't available online, so we use Openstreetmap.