Highland Clearances

British  

plural noun

1. Also called: the Clearances.  in Scotland, the removal, often by force, of the people from some parts of the Highlands to make way for sheep, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

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Example Sentences

The process of moving families out of inland areas where they had raised cattle for generations to coastal fringes of large estates, or abroad to territories in Canada, had started with the Highland Clearances in the 18th and early 19th Centuries.

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It's believed to belong to a family forced from their home by the landowner, the Duke of Atholl, in the late 18th or early 19th century as part of the Highland clearances.

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The duke was a controversial figure in the Highland Clearances.

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But delve into its past and the castle has links with the makers of Worcestershire Sauce, and the land it was built on with the Highland Clearances.

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HPMAs have been likened to the Highland Clearances, with some suggesting they will devastate many areas.

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