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... coastal strip of Torridonian sandstone in the northeast of Lewis , to the north of Stornoway . In the southwest of ... coastal fringes naturally assume greater prominence , but there is a marked contrast between the east and west in ...
... coastal strip of Torridonian sandstone in the northeast of Lewis , to the north of Stornoway . In the southwest of ... coastal fringes naturally assume greater prominence , but there is a marked contrast between the east and west in ...
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... coastal salmon fishing has become an important seasonal industry , the value of which tended to increase with improvements in communications . Fresh salmon have long been sought in the south , and steamship services , together with the ...
... coastal salmon fishing has become an important seasonal industry , the value of which tended to increase with improvements in communications . Fresh salmon have long been sought in the south , and steamship services , together with the ...
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... coastal district . The settlement pattern in this region has been investigated by F. H. W. Green , 1 who distinguishes three main zones of rural settlement , excluding the highland area . The coastal fringe is devoid of habitations ...
... coastal district . The settlement pattern in this region has been investigated by F. H. W. Green , 1 who distinguishes three main zones of rural settlement , excluding the highland area . The coastal fringe is devoid of habitations ...
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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