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Loch Na Bairness
Loch na Bairness is a loch in Moidart, Scotland, roughly 1.8 km southwest of the village of Glenuig. The loch shares its name with the hill on its northeast shore, Cruach na Bairness. Both likely derive from the Scottish Gaelic ''barr'' ("top") + ''easa'' ("waterfall") i.e., "Loch of the Top of the Waterfall". Loch na Bairness sits on a bedrock of psammite. A vein of Diorite, microdiorite runs along its south shore. The loch has a large stock of brown trout for fishing. References {{Reflist Geography of Scotland Lochs of Lochaber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Highlands
The Highlands ( sco, the Hielands; gd, a’ Ghàidhealtachd , 'the place of the Gaels') is a historical region of Scotland. Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands. The term is also used for the area north and west of the Highland Boundary Fault, although the exact boundaries are not clearly defined, particularly to the east. The Great Glen divides the Grampian Mountains to the southeast from the Northwest Highlands. The Scottish Gaelic name of ' literally means "the place of the Gaels" and traditionally, from a Gaelic-speaking point of view, includes both the Western Isles and the Highlands. The area is very sparsely populated, with many mountain ranges dominating the region, and includes the highest mountain in the British Isles, Ben Nevis. During the 18th and early 19th centuries the population of the Highlands rose to around 300,000, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
