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At exactly 6 p.m. on July 30, 2015, in Kingussie, Scotland, George Pirie, the agent acting on behalf of Eric Heerema, a Dutch entrepreneur, took possession of Balavil Estate from Allan...
Moorland, nowadays, generally means uncultivated hill land (such as Dartmoor in South West England), but also includes low-lying wetlands (such as Sedgemoor, also South West England). It is closely related to heath, although experts disagree on what precisely distinguishes these types of vegetation.
For over 150 years, moorland in Scotland has been managed for red grouse-shooting. During this period, Scotland’s upland landscapes were transformed by the construction of access infrastructure, burning of heather moorland and the extermination of species such as white-tailed eagle, goshawk and red kites through poisoning, trapping and shooting.
Moorland, or moor, is a type of landscape made up of grasses, shrubs and peat bogs. Moorland is mostly found in upland areas like Scotland's islands and Highlands, like here at Rannoch Moor...
- Age and Biodiversity
- Land Use Changes
- Human Influence
- Forestry Commission Established
Woodland’s importance for biodiversity is closely related to its age. In Scotland, ancient woodland is defined as land that is currently wooded and has been continually wooded since at least 1750. The wildlife communities, soils and structure of ancient woodlands have had the longest time to develop. So these aspects are generally, but not always, ...
General Roy compiled the Military Survey of Scotlandaround 1750, which lets us verify the continuity of woodland cover at that time across Scotland. Major land-use changes occurred after the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, including the: 1. Clearances 2. switch from a cattle-based to a sheep-based economy 3. rapid increase in commercial plantations 4. ...
Almost all of our remaining fragments of native woodland have, at some time, been modified by man’s activities. Traces of all these actions can be viewed in the surviving woodland. For example, the history of plantation in Scotland goes back to the 18th century, though there was little real development until the 20th century. But every wood also ha...
A defining feature of Scotland’s woodlands has been the decline in woodland cover to an all-time low following the First World War. In 1919, Lloyd George said that Britain “had more nearly lost the war for want of timber than of anything else”. The Forestry Commission was created the same year, with the main aim of preventing such a strategic weakn...
Explore a Neolithic centre of ritual and domestic activity, scattered across a lonely moorland. This rich archaeological landscape includes stone circles, standing stones, burial cairns and cists, as well as hut circles and an extensive field system, all dating to between 3500 and 1500 BC.
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In the harsh climate of northern Scotland, it can be found down to sea level. The term moorland can be used to include blanket bog and upland acid grassland, but here we use the term to refer to heathland dry enough to walk over.
