Highland clearances

It was one of the darkest periods of the Victorian era. Even in the modern day, the population of Ireland has not yet recovered.

The Highland Clearances are one of the defining moments in Scottish history, no other event has had the lasting impact both psychologically and geographically

Not sure of the actual name or artist of this painting but it is depicts a notorious scene in Scottish history of the Highland clearances, a name given to the forced displacement of the population of the Scottish Highlands from their ancient ways of warrior clan subsistence farming, leading to mass emigration. This was part of a process of agricultural change throughout the United Kingdom, but the late timing, the lack of legal protection for year-by-year tenants under Scottish law, the…

Beth Reid on Instagram: "Have you heard of the Highland Clearances? This devastating event in Scottish history took place between 1750 and 1860, and was the forced removal of thousands of Highlanders from their ancestral homeland - all in the name of profit and greed. The physical and cultural impact that this shameful time had on the Highlands was astronomical, and particularly affected Gaeldom. This statue by Gerald Laing is in Helmsdale, a village in Sutherland that was established in…

A memorial statue to the refugees of the Highland Clearances. The Highland clearances, a name given to the forced displacement of the population of the Scottish Highlands from their ancient ways of warrior clan subsistence farming, leading to mass emigration. This was part of a process of agricultural change throughout the United Kingdom, but the late timing, the lack of legal protection for year-by-year tenants under Scottish law, the abruptness of the change from the clan system and the…

A 24 page resource pack of posters, worksheets and activities to use in your classroom when discussing Scottish History and The Highland Clearances.

The Highland Clearances were a dramatic ethnic cleansing where the usurpers were not other humans but sheep. The origins of the debacle are complex but were labelled by the landowners of the time as 'Agricultural Improvements,' made in the name of increasing the profitability of their estates. We also have to understand that by the early nineteenth century, the relationship between landowner and tenants had changed dramatically during the previous hundred years. Before the 1745 jacobite…