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(Encyclopedia)Glen More: see Great Glen, valley, Scotland. ...Cromarty
(Encyclopedia)Cromarty, county, Scotland: see Ross and Cromarty. ...Nevis, Ben
(Encyclopedia)Nevis, Ben, peak: see Ben Nevis, Scotland. ...Duncansby Head
(Encyclopedia)Duncansby Head or Duncansbay Head, sandstone cliff, 210 ft (64 m) high, Highland, NE Scotland. It is the northeastern extremity of the Scottish mainland. ...Shetland
(Encyclopedia)Shetland, former county, Scotland: see under Shetland Islands. ...Sutherland
(Encyclopedia)Sutherland or Sutherlandshire, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Sutherland became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...Kingis Quair, The
(Encyclopedia)Kingis Quair, The: see James I, king of Scotland. ...Nairnshire
(Encyclopedia)Nairnshire or Nairn, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Nairnshire became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...Robert the Bruce
(Encyclopedia)Robert the Bruce: see Robert I, king of Scotland. ...Stuart, British royal family
(Encyclopedia)Stuart or Stewart, royal family that ruled Scotland and England. The Stuart lineage began in a family of hereditary stewards of Scotland, the earliest of whom was Walter (d. 1177), grandson of a Norma...Browse by Subject
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