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... Canals and water transport Even before the construction of the turnpikes , however , important new methods of ... canal development , although two were built in the northeast lowlands and two larger ship canals constructed in the ...
... Canals and water transport Even before the construction of the turnpikes , however , important new methods of ... canal development , although two were built in the northeast lowlands and two larger ship canals constructed in the ...
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... canal to its summit level , which was only 1,114 yards long ; a deeper cut here would have saved much time in the navigation . In 1817 the management of the canal was vested in the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal and later came ...
... canal to its summit level , which was only 1,114 yards long ; a deeper cut here would have saved much time in the navigation . In 1817 the management of the canal was vested in the Commissioners of the Caledonian Canal and later came ...
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... Canal , 16 , 190 , 195 , 203-4 , 291 Caledonians , 66 Cambrian rocks , 8-9 Campbeltown , 265 canals , 16 , 51 , 190 , 195 , 201-5 , 291 Candida Casa , 70 , 82 Canisp , 9 , 243 Carron , Loch , 33 , 125 caschrom , 110n , 321 castles , 77 ...
... Canal , 16 , 190 , 195 , 203-4 , 291 Caledonians , 66 Cambrian rocks , 8-9 Campbeltown , 265 canals , 16 , 51 , 190 , 195 , 201-5 , 291 Candida Casa , 70 , 82 Canisp , 9 , 243 Carron , Loch , 33 , 125 caschrom , 110n , 321 castles , 77 ...
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The Physical Environment | 4 |
Climate Soils and Vegetation | 37 |
The Prehistoric Phase | 58 |
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50 MILES Fig Aberdeen Aberdeenshire acres agricultural altitude areas Argyll Atholl Banffshire basin Ben Nevis boats boulder-clay Buchan built burghs Cairngorms Caithness Caledonian canal cattle centres climate coastal crofters crofts Cromarty crops deer forests Deeside deposits developed districts east eastern Edinburgh eighteenth century erosion estates farms feet Findhorn fishery fishing Forestry Fraserburgh glacial Glen granite grass grazing Highland Line Highlands and Islands hills hydro-electric important improved increased industry Inverness Isles Kintyre landscape Loch lowlands mainland Monadhliath Mountains Moray Firth mountains Nevis nineteenth century Norse North Sea northeast northern oats Old Red Sandstone Orkney Outer Hebrides parish peat Peterhead Plate plateau population produced railway rainfall raised beaches region relief ridges river road rocks sand Scotland Scottish settlement sheep Shetland Islands Skye slopes soils Source Spey stations stone Stornoway straths surface Sutherland timber townships trade upland valley vessels villages west coast western zone