The Highland clearances was a forced displacement of population during the 18th and 19th century. Landlords cleared their land from their tenants to practice extensive sheep raising and evicted sometimes brutally the whole population from the place they lived on. They had then to find a new place to live, finding refuge on the most difficult lands of the highlands, along the cliffs, where only heath and ferns can grow. Today, there are still remains of these "clearances villages" ...

사진작가:
vicuna
업로드:
2016-08-15
태그:
cliff clouds coast highlands landscape nature scotland sea sky travel trip
카메라:
Hasselblad XPan
필름:
Lomo CN400
렌즈:
hasselblad f/4 45 mm
도시:
wick
국가/지역:
United Kingdom
앨범:
Clearances - Scotland #1 [XPan]
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