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  • ...e western coast of [[Scotland]] between the [[Kintyre#Mull of Kintyre|Mull of Kintyre]] and the [[Ardnamurchan]] peninsula ...e south-eastern shore of Argyll is marked by [[Loch Long]] and the [[Firth of Clyde]], while the North Channel washes [[Kintyre]] in the very south. The
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  • |motto=Air son Math na Siorrachd<br />(For the good of the county) ...t coast and includes many of the isles of the [[Hebrides]], including most of the Outer Hebrides.
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  • |name=Ross-shire |map image=Ross-shire Brit Isles Sect 2.svg
    22 KB (3,583 words) - 09:40, 14 April 2018
  • ...of [[Jura]] and around 25 miles north of [[Rathlin Island]], off the coast of [[County Antrim|Antrim]], which can be seen on a clear day. ...leach'' (and the plural is ''Ìlich''). Gaelic is spoken by about a third of the population.
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  • ...ern period, when English and Lowland Scots replaced Gaelic throughout most of the Highlands. ...average population density in the Highlands and Islands is lower than that of Sweden, Norway, Papua New Guinea and Argentina.
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  • ...re of [[County Wicklow]] and stretch outside its borders into the counties of [[County Carlow|Carlow]], [[County Wexford|Wexford]] and [[County Dublin|Du The highest peak is [[Lugnaquilla]] at 3,035 feet; one of only two "[[Furth Munro]]s" (mountains over 3,000 feet) in Ireland outside
    22 KB (3,375 words) - 21:03, 23 October 2014
  • |group=Firth of Forth ...t has served as a fortress and a grim prison. It forms part of the parish of North Berwick.
    23 KB (3,792 words) - 14:01, 11 May 2022
  • ...m''' or '''Rum''', also spelled '''Rhum''', is one of the [[Small Isles]] of the [[Inner Hebrides]], in [[Argyllshire]]. ...nce the 8th millennium BC and provides some of the earliest known evidence of human occupation this far north.
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  • |county 1=Ross-shire ...t. Ciste Dhubh stands on the border of the two shires and reaches a height of 3,212 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a [[Munro]].
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  • ...Five Sisters of Kintail and the river Shiel from Shiel Bridge at the foot of Glen Shiel]] [[File:The Cluanie Inn.jpg|thumb|The Cluanie Inn at the head of Glen Shiel, with the A87 (right) and the South Glen Shiel ridge (background
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  • |county 1=Ross-shire ...border of [[Ross-shire]] with [[Inverness-shire]], which reaches a height of 3,255 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a [[Munro]].
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  • |county=Ross-shire ...n amongst the [[Torridon Hills]] of [[Ross-shire]], which reaches a height of 3,304 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a [[Munro]]. It stands in
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  • |county=Ross-shire ...n amongst the [[Torridon Hills]] of [[Ross-shire]], which reaches a height of 3,045 feet at its summit, and so it qualifies as a [[Munro]].
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  • |county=Ross-shire ...[Mullach Coire Mhic Fhearchair]] to the north-east. These are a remote set of Munros.
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  • [[File:Openstreetmap-ncn-20111013-hires.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Map of the National Cycle Network]] ...trans to encourage cycling throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring. In this effort, Sustrans were aided by a £42.5&nbsp;milli
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  • ...alriada.png|right|thumb|200px|Satellite image showing the approximate area of Dalriada (shaded)]] ...f [[Great Britain]]. It was the nucleus from which was founded the Kingdom of [[Scotland]].
    37 KB (6,111 words) - 18:34, 10 March 2014
  • ...lsh]]. It is amongst the mighty mountains of [[Kintail]], amongst which [[Ross-shire]] and [[Inverness-shire]] meet. ...[[Munro]]s, its grassy slopes are in marked contrast to the rockier peaks of the other Glen Shiel hills. it is often climbed along with the adjoining Mu
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  • [[File:River Livet Packhorse Bridge.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Remains of a late 18th-century bridge over the River Livet]] ...omnavoulin]] and onto the Bridgend of Glenlivet, passing under the remains of a late 18th-century bridge. Ultimately the river enters the [[River Avon,
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  • '''Loch Sloy''' is a mountain loch in the very northernmost part of [[Dunbartonshire]], amongst the [[Arrochar Alps]]. It has been swollen in ...the foot of the loch, below the dam, to run a short way south to the head of [[Loch Lomond]].
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  • ...e Highlands, the Lowlands are called ''a' Ghalldachd'', meaning "the place of the foreigner". ...und the coastline to the pinch of [[the Mounth]], and the plains southward of this point, are also low-lying geographically and also culturally one with
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