Highland (Scottish Gaelic: Gàidhealtachd, pronounced [ˈkɛːəl̪ˠt̪əxk]; Scots: Hieland) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local...
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of the Highland council area in Scotland are evident in the deliberations and decisions of the Highland Council, in elections to the council, and in...
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Highland Council (Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd Scottish Gaelic pronunciation: [ˈkʰõ.ərˠʎə nə ˈkɛːəl̪ˠt̪əxk]), the political body covering the Highland local...
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The Highland (Scottish Gaelic: Bò Ghàidhealach; Scots: Heilan coo) is a Scottish breed of rustic cattle. It originated in the Scottish Highlands and the...
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part of the Highland council area for local government purposes. It is part of the registration county of Argyll and the lieutenancy area of Inverness...
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County of Nairn (redirect from Nairn (council area))
1973, the area becoming one of the eight districts of the two-tier Highland region. This arrangement ended in 1996 when the Highland council area was made...
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Scottish Highlands (redirect from Highland Scots)
bodies both covered the Highland council area and the island council areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Highland Council signs in the Pass of...
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The West Highland Way (Scottish Gaelic: Slighe na Gàidhealtachd an Iar) is a linear long-distance route in Scotland. It is 154 km (96 miles) long, running...
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Highland Boundary Fault. The Highland council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and Britain's largest local government area....
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List of towns and villages in the Scottish Highlands (category Towns in Highland (council area))
area than just the Highland council area. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross Aboyne, Aberdeenshire Achfary, Highland Alness, Highland Altnaharra, Highland Applecross...
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fortress near Ardersier, to the north-east of Inverness in the Highland council area of Scotland. It was built to control the Scottish Highlands in the...
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A List of churches in Highland (council area), Scotland. The area was previously divided into civil parishes, one for each medieval church: Caithness:...
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Rosal, Sutherland (category Villages in Highland (council area))
Highlands that was deserted after its residents were evicted during the Highland Clearances of the early 19th century. Rosal consists of approximately 80...
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Inverness-shire (redirect from Inverness district (Highland))
the Highland region became a unitary council area. The new unitary Highland Council adopted the areas of the former districts as management areas. Each...
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Caithness (redirect from Caithness (local government district, Highland region))
identical in all contexts, but the Caithness area as of 2019[update] lies entirely within the Highland council area. Until its demise in the 15th century, the...
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The Scottish Highland Football League (SHFL, commonly known as the Highland League) is a senior football league based in the north of Scotland. The league...
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Kylesku Bridge (category Bridges in Highland (council area))
is listed as category A, the highest grade. In June 1978, the Highland Regional Council asked Ove Arup & Partners Scotland to prepare a feasibility study...
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Glenfinnan Viaduct (category Bridges in Highland (council area))
The Glenfinnan Viaduct is a railway viaduct on the West Highland Line in Glenfinnan, Inverness-shire, Scotland, built from 1897 to 1901. Located at the...
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Loch Morlich (category Lochs of Highland (council area))
Mhùrlaig)[citation needed] is a freshwater loch in the Badenoch and Strathspey area of Highland, Scotland near Aviemore. The loch is home to a watersports centre with...
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Moray (redirect from Moray council area)
Province of Moray was much larger than the modern council area, also covering much of what is now Highland and Aberdeenshire. During this period Moray may...
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The West Highland Line (Scottish Gaelic: Rathad Iarainn nan Eilean – "Iron Road to the Isles") is a railway line linking the ports of Mallaig and Oban...
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Greig Street Bridge (category Bridges in Highland (council area))
of "The Bouncy Bridge". l. "Inverness City plans". www.highland.gov.uk. The Highland Council. Retrieved 13 February 2019. "Scottish Bridges: 31. Greig...
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Advie (category Highland geography stubs)
(Scottish Gaelic: Àbhaidh) is a small village in Strathspey, in the Highland Council Area of Scotland. It lies to the south of the River Spey, and next to...
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Highlands and Islands (redirect from Highland and Islands)
areas (council areas) of Highland, Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles. Northern, as in Northern Constabulary, is also used to refer to this area....
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Balnagown Castle (category Houses in Highland (council area))
Castle) is beside the village of Kildary in Easter Ross, part of the Highland area of Scotland. There has been a castle on the site since the 14th century...
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Falls of Shin (category Tourist attractions in Highland (council area))
sheets 309-470 Munro, Alistair (21 May 2013). "Fire destroys Al Fayed's Highland vistor [sic] centre". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 November 2014. "The salmon...
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Scouthal Burn (category Rivers of Highland (council area))
of Acharole has its source in the Flow Country of Caithness, in the Highland area of Scotland, at a height of around 50 metres, at the confluence of the...
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The Highland Railway (HR) was one of the smaller British railways before the Railways Act 1921, operating north of Perth railway station in Scotland and...
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Moray Firth (category Landforms of Highland (council area))
of the North Sea, north and east of Inverness, which is in the Highland council area of the north of Scotland. It is the largest firth in Scotland, stretching...
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Sandwood Bay (category Protected areas of Highland (council area))
settlement in the area. The area has been largely uninhabited since 1847 when the land was cleared for sheep farming as part of the Highland Clearances. A...
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