The Highland Clearances of Scotland (A Short Documentary)

The Highland Clearances of Scotland (A Short Documentary) The Highlands of Scotland – known for their immense beauty, legends of old, and one of the last wild, sparsely populated places in Europe. The rugged terrain and wild weather may cause you to think that it has always been this way - but there was a time when these lands weren’t quite so empty. In this short documentary, I’ll take you to the abandoned village of Arichonan in Argyll and back into history to discover crofting communities and the highland clearances that dispersed them. In the second half of the documentary, we’ll touch upon the Scottish Gaelic Renaissance and the work being done to preserve the Gaelic language and culture. This video was made in collaboration with Pressenza International Press Agency: Chapters: 0:00 Introduction to the Highlands 0:26 History of Crofting Culture 1:21 The Highland Clearances 3:05 Migration 4:09 The Scottish Gaelic Renaissance I’m also here: Blog: Facebook: Instagram: All music and SFX is sourced from Stock footage and maps sourced from Image of “The Last Clan“ by Thomas Faed is used under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike licence: Image was altered by adding a text overlay with the title and artist of the work. Croft building videos and images were taken at The Highland Folk Museum in Newtonmore, Scotland: Quotes taken from “The Crofters’ Trail“ by David Craig