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The Clearances
By David Worthington
David Worthington
Image provided by Smartify
Image provided by Smartify
This audio forms part of a series of audio interviews conducted in 2022 by Smartify as part of the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands project. Listen and discover the Spirit of the Highlands and Islands through the eyes of the people who live, work and visit here.
In this recording, learn about the history of the Highland Clearances in Sutherland and its continuing effect on the region and the Highlands of today with Professor David Worthington - Head of the Centre for History, University of the Highlands and Islands.
...the wholesale destruction of these previously agricultural communities, inland communities in particular...