The Northern Highlands and the Western Isles Features

The Northern Highlands and the Western Isles Features

• The Clan System
  

  The clan chiefs' need for strong men-at-arms, fast-running messengers, and bards for entertainment and the preservation of clan genealogy was... read more

• Tartan Revival
  

  Tartan's own origins as a part of the clan system are disputed; the Gaelic word for striped cloth is breacan—piebald or spotted—so... read more

• Top Reasons to Go to The Northern Highlands and the Western Isles
  

  Explore Skye, the misty island: The landscape ranges from the lush, undulating hills and coastal tracks of Sleat in the Garden of Skye to the... read more

• Clans and Tartans
  

  Whatever the origins of the clans—some with Norman roots, intermarried into Celtic society; some of Norse origin, the product of Viking... read more