Sun Sep 10, 2017 @ 05:01

A long-abandoned husk of a house. A pair of Belgians we ran into today told us the Highlands have a blemish on their history, when the clan leaders or landowners drove their people off their land and burned their houses in order to make more money by herding sheep. I'll have to look into this some more.

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lavenderfan

That will be the Highland clearances you were hearing about! Definitely a blemish on Scotlands history! It was land owners who displaced the crofters and it was a time when many perished and lots of highlanders (who could) emigrated.

posted Mon Sep 25, 2017 @ 05:54

Guthook+

@lavenderfan Yes, that was it! Thanks for the clarification. I'll have to read up on that some more. Sounds like a bit of US history as well...

posted Tue Oct 3, 2017 @ 09:05

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