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Portree (/ p ɔːr ˈ t r iː /; Scottish Gaelic: Port Rìgh, pronounced [pʰɔrˠʃt̪ˈɾiː]) is the capital [2] and largest town of the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland. [3] It is a civil parish and lies within the Highland council area, around 74 miles (119 km) from its administrative centre of Inverness.
List of town and villages in the Highlands of Scotland. This covers a wider area than just the Highland council area. Aberfeldy, Perth and Kinross; Aboyne, ...
Aviemore (/ ˌ æ v i ˈ m ɔːr / ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: An Aghaidh Mhòr [ən̪ˠ ˈɤːɪ ˈvoːɾ]) is a town and tourist resort, situated within the Cairngorms National Park in the Highlands of Scotland. It is in the Badenoch and Strathspey committee area, within the Highland council area.
Scotland's most durable snow patch, Garbh Choire Mòr, Braeriach, 8 August 2008. The Cairngorms hold some of the longest-lying snow patches in Scotland: On Ben Macdui, snow has been known to persist at a few locations from one winter to the next. [32] Lying at the north-eastern shoulder of Cairn Gorm is Ciste Mhearad.
Hiking Scotland’s premier long-distance trail in the colder months allows you to experience the stark natural splendour of the Highlands without the summer crowds, writes Alastair Gill
Glen Affric (Scottish Gaelic: Gleann Afraig) [4] is a glen south-west of the village of Cannich in the Highland region of Scotland, some 15 miles (25 kilometres) west of Loch Ness. The River Affric runs along its length, passing through Loch Affric and Loch Beinn a' Mheadhoin. A minor public road reaches as far as the end of Loch Beinn a ...
James VI's Golden Charter to Perth in 1600 referred to it as a "free city and regal and royal burgh". [48] It was officially the second city of Scotland until 1975 when city status was removed when local government was reorganised. It regained the status in 2012. [49] Dunfermline was also made a royal burgh in ~1124 by David I of Scotland. [7]
The Highlands (Scots: the Hielands; Scottish Gaelic: a' Ghàidhealtachd [ə ˈɣɛːəl̪ˠt̪ʰəxk], lit. ' the place of the Gaels ') is a historical region of Scotland. [1] [failed verification] Culturally, the Highlands and the Lowlands diverged from the Late Middle Ages into the modern period, when Lowland Scots language replaced Scottish Gaelic throughout most of the Lowlands.