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  • [[File:Caledonian MacBrayne MV Isle of Mull - IMO 8608339 (3565524858).jpg|right|thumb|180px| The main ferry operator in Argyllshire is Caledonian MacBrayne, whose services run from the mainland to many of the islands and
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  • ...bustling despite all that has been done to it. The north of the dale is in forest and fell with small villages. At the coast is the town of [[Annan]]. .... A branch was built from [[Dumfries]] to [[Moniaive]] closed in 1949. The Caledonian Railway was built from [[Carlisle]] to [[Glasgow]] through Annandale. Form
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  • ...g road and rail. The lochs of the Great Glen have also been linked by the Caledonian Canal to provide a waterway through the Highlands. *The Lochy (nine miles) issues from [[Loch Lochy]] and runs parallel with the Caledonian Canal, entering [[Loch Linnhe]] at [[Fort William]].
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  • .../www.jncc.gov.uk/pdf/gcrdb/GCRsiteaccount2495.pdf "Point of Ayre"]. (pdf) "Caledonian Igneous Rocks of Great Britain: Late Silurian and Devonian volcanic rocks o ...tland-north-east-orkney-shetland-13529344 "Boggy hillside reborn as Orkney forest reserve"]. ( 27 May 2011) BBC. Retrieved 27 May 2011.</ref>
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  • ...are pockets of the native Scots Pine, remnants of the original Caledonian Forest.
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  • ...ng and financially independent community. Granted with it was the nearby [[Forest of Stocket]], whose income formed the basis for the city's Common Good Fund ...ies such as [[Edinburgh]], [[Glasgow]] and London, including the overnight Caledonian Sleeper train. The station is currently being updated to bring it into the
    51 KB (7,818 words) - 20:24, 20 July 2017
  • ...mbernauld. These woods were a surviving fragment of the ancient Caledonian Forest, in which the oxen abounded. Cumbernauld House was designed by William Adam
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  • [[File:River Dee and the Ballochbuie Forest - geograph.org.uk - 359970.jpg|right|thumb|230px|The Dee and the Ballochbui ...ks from the Cambrian and Precambrian, which were uplifted during the later Caledonian Orogeny. It is interspersed with igneous intrusions of a more recent age, t
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  • ...remains of this forest are found within the Cairngorms National Park. The forest is home a rich variety of Highland wildlife. ...in the summer months, and they often attract large crowds to see them. The forest is home to the endangered Capercaillie and endemic Scottish Crossbill.
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  • ...n slope of the mountain near Derry Lodge, remnants of the old [[Caledonian Forest]].
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  • ...and there have been calls for a greater diversity of housing provision. A Caledonian MacBrayne ferry links the island with the mainland town of [[Mallaig]]. ...d to as ''Rìoghachd na Forraiste Fiadhaich'' — "the kingdom of the wild forest".<ref>Rixson (2001) page 110.</ref>
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  • ...st beautiful glen in the Highlands, it contains one of the largest ancient Caledonian pinewoods as well as lochs, moorland and mountains. ...recordist Chris Watson's ''Stepping into the Dark'' album is entitled "The Forest Path. Meallan Na Ceardaich, Glen Affric, Scotland" and was recorded in Gle
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  • The estate contains examples of remnants of the ancient Caledonian pine forest, heather moorland, juniper scrub and a part of the high Cairngorm plateau. ...the area is a priority of the Trust – in particular the regeneration of Caledonian pinewood by reducing the damage caused by grazing red deer. It has carried
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  • ...d by extensive conifer plantations in many areas, particularly [[Grisedale Forest]] in [[Furness]] in the south part of the area. ...[Coledale, Cumberland|Coledale]], and in the far northwest is Thornthwaite Forest and [[Lord's Seat]].
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  • ...ref name="test6">"Hamish‘s Mountain Walk" Pages 79 & 80 (Gives info pine forest and lead mining).</ref>
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  • ...Moor]] extends to the west of the loch, once part of the vast [[Caledonian Forest]] that stretched across much of the north; this is proven in part by the pr
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  • To the south-west the Cheviots merge into the [[Kielder Forest]] group of hills. ...Kielder Forest - geograph.org.uk - 204541.jpg|right|thumb|200px|In Kielder Forest]]
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  • ...ve, as "one of the largest remaining continuous areas of native Caledonian Forest".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jncc.gov.uk/ProtectedSites/SACselection/sa
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  • ...ly]] ({{map|NN194277}}) bearing the [[River Orchy]] through the Caledonian Forest. There are no villages in the glen; just a few isolated buildings. The [[Ea
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  • '''Fforest Fawr''' or the '''Great Forest of Brecknock''' is the name given to an extensive upland area in [[Brecknoc ...ese weaknesses in the Earth's crust can perhaps be ascribed to the earlier Caledonian Orogeny. The second set of faults form something of a swarm which run nort
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