This is the general name for all Archaean and Proterozoic basement gneisses of the NW Scotland mainland and Outer Hebrides. |
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Fifteen species of digeneans are reported from the waters off the islands of the Outer Hebrides, off north-western Scotland. |
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This award-winning candlelit restaurant housed in a crofter's cottage looks out over the sea and towards the Outer Hebrides. |
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They could write the book on luxury, whether it's stays in country houses on the shores of magical lochs or voyages through the Outer Hebrides. |
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In 1906, a condominium between Britain and France was established for the New Hebrides islands. |
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By the 11th century Scots Gaelic was used throughout Scotland, except for the Hebrides and the Northern Isles which remained under Norse control. |
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He came of an impoverished farming family in the inner Hebrides in Scotland. |
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From Shetland to the southern end of the Hebrides, the coastline was dotted with circular, tower-like structures, now referred to as brochs. |
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The phanerogamic flora of the New Hebrides is mainly of the Malesian type both in floristic composition and structure of the vegetation. |
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The name comes from a glen on the isle of Rum in the Inner Hebrides and it was here they spent a formative period performing for wild dances. |
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I've fixed jeeps on the Altiplano, metal sunblinds in Sevilla and kitchen cupboards in the Outer Hebrides. |
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In addition, there are several island groups offshore, notably the Hebrides, Shetland, and Orkney Islands. |
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Surrounded by enemies more savage than sleuth-hounds, he assumed a humble disguise, and almost alone sailed to in an open boat for the Hebrides. |
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In a discussion about worship recently in a manse in the Outer Hebrides, all present were asked to say what they wanted. |
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A fishing trawler off the Outer Hebrides broadcast a Mayday after their engine room and fish hold flooded. |
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One estate agent in the Outer Hebrides has sold 24 properties in the past two months, four times as many as usual. |
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The yellow bumblebee, which used to be widespread, is now confined to the flower-rich meadows of the machair in the Hebrides. |
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The Outer Hebrides is formed almost exclusively of rocks of the Lewisian Complex. |
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These long-haired little dogs from the Inner Hebrides have a romantic history. |
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Stay in a bedroom suite here and you'll awake to a view stretching to the Outer Hebrides. |
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Permission was denied to film on St. Kilda, which is in the Hebrides, and where they actually speak Gaelic, while on Foula they speak Norse. |
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As a Shetlander, I have always considered the Hebrides lush and luxurious. |
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It must be woven by hand in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, in the home of the weaver, using Scottish virgin wool that has been spun and dyed also in the Hebrides. |
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In 1887, the British and French authorities agreed to share control over the islands and in 1906 established the joint condominium of New Hebrides. |
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Apparently Troussier knew that a job such as this would pop up in time to save him from making scouting trips to places like Llanddulas or the Inner Hebrides. |
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Breaking radio silence for a brief greeting from the wind-blown Hebrides. |
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The etymology of St Kilda, a small archipelago west of the Outer Hebrides, and its main island Hirta is very complex. |
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Though culturally and physically similar to the Hebrides, it is separated from them by the Kintyre peninsula. |
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Arrangements were also made to allay the rivalry between British and French colonists in the New Hebrides. |
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More than 35 such islands have been identified in the Outer Hebrides alone. |
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Some are not geologically part of the Outer Hebrides, but are administratively and in most cases culturally, part of Comhairle nan Eilean Siar. |
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The Hebrides were originally settled in the Mesolithic era and have a diversity of important prehistoric sites. |
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The individual island and place names in the Outer Hebrides have mixed Gaelic and Norse origins. |
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The later Iron Age inhabitants of the northern and western Hebrides were probably Pictish, although the historical record is sparse. |
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The Hebrides were now part of Kingdom of the Isles, whose rulers were themselves vassals of the Kings of Norway. |
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The House of Stuart's attempts to control the Outer Hebrides were then at first desultory and little more than punitive expeditions. |
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Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, the local authority, employs 2,000 people, making it the largest employer in the Outer Hebrides. |
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Production had steadily grown from the 1730s to a peak level in 1810, and was mostly located in the Hebrides. |
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In 1829 Felix Mendelssohn was inspired to visit the Hebrides and composed the Hebrides Overture, better known as Fingal's Cave. |
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The Outer Isles Presbytery consists of the congregations on the Outer Hebrides. |
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Uig, the port for ferries to the Outer Hebrides, is on the west of the Trotternish peninsula and Edinbane is between Dunvegan and Portree. |
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The Free Press was founded in 1972 and circulates in Skye, Wester Ross and the Outer Hebrides. |
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The Hebrides generally lack the biodiversity of mainland Britain, but like most of the larger islands, Skye still has a wide variety of species. |
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Together these two island chains form the Hebrides, which experience a mild oceanic climate. |
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In modern times the Inner Hebrides have formed part of two separate local government jurisdictions, one to the north and the other to the south. |
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His fleet linked up with those of King Magnus of Man and King Dougal of the Hebrides. |
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However, in general the Neolithic sites in the Inner Hebrides lack the scale and drama of those found in Orkney and the Western Isles. |
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The records for the rulers of the Hebrides are obscured again until the arrival of Godred Crovan as King of Dublin and the Isles. |
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For a while Somerled took control of Mann and the Hebrides in toto, but he met his death in 1164 during an invasion of the Scottish mainland. |
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In the wake of the rebellion the clan system was broken up and islands of the Hebrides became a series of landed estates. |
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The Hebrides, also known as Fingal's Cave, is a famous overture written by Felix Mendelssohn inspired by his visit to Staffa. |
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Highland English or Highland and Island English is the variety of Scottish English spoken by many in the Scottish Highlands and the Hebrides. |
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The Vikings established the Kingdom of the Isles throughout the Hebrides, including Barra. |
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In 1293, king John Balliol established the Sheriffdom of Skye, which included the Outer Hebrides. |
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The Treaty of Perth transferred the Outer Hebrides and Isle of Man to Scots law while Norse law and rule still applied for Shetland and Orkney. |
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In 2005, the Scottish Executive put the collective Hebrides routes out to competitive tender, with the Dunoon route being a separate tender. |
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Small schools in the Bay of Fundy and the Hebrides have been seen swimming nose to tail in circles in what may be a form of courtship behaviour. |
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By the 17th century Gaelic speakers were restricted largely to the Highlands and the Hebrides. |
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It consists of a number of waterbodies between the Scottish mainland, the Outer Hebrides islands, and the coast of Ireland. |
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Even today, many surnames particularly connected with Gaeldom are of Old Norse origin, especially in the Hebrides and Isle of Man. |
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The main outcrops of the Lewisian complex are on the islands of the Outer Hebrides, including Lewis, from which the complex takes its name. |
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These two belts of metasediments flank the South Harris igneous complex, and form the largest outcrop of such rocks in the Outer Hebrides. |
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Following the 1266 Treaty of Perth the Hebrides were transferred from Norwegian to Scottish overlordship. |
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In January 2011 a fifth series of An Island Parish began, this time located on Barra in the Scottish Outer Hebrides. |
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In May 1606 the expedition reached the islands later called the New Hebrides and now the independent nation of Vanuatu. |
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It belongs to the archipelago of the New Hebrides in the Pacific region of Melanesia. |
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They found egg cases of the blackmouth catshark on the Mingulay Reef in the Outer Hebrides. |
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In addition to the mainland, the country is made up of more than 790 islands, including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides. |
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What is known as Scottish Gaelic is essentially the Gaelic spoken in the Outer Hebrides and on Skye. |
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In 1540, James V had toured the Hebrides, forcing the clan chiefs to accompany him. |
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And when I am hungry, said MacK, they bring me the salmons of Argyll smoked over peat of the Hebrides, and a glass of Laphroaig. |
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Sites from the British Mesolithic include the Mendips, Star Carr in Yorkshire and Oronsay in the Inner Hebrides. |
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However, it continues to be the main language in Ireland's Gaeltacht and Scotland's Outer Hebrides. |
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Following his flight from the battle, Charles Edward Stuart made his way towards the Hebrides with some supporters. |
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After spending a few days with his close associates, Stuart sailed for the island of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides. |
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The Outer Hebrides have been described as the last bastion of Calvinism in Britain and the Sabbath remains widely observed. |
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Religion continues to play an important role in Highland culture, with Sabbath observance still widely practised, particularly in the Hebrides. |
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Most of the Hebrides have names with Scots Gaelic derivations, whilst those of the Northern Isles tend to be derived from the Viking names. |
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Many of the islands of the southern Outer Hebrides have been joined to other islands by causeways and bridges. |
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The Hebrides are the source of much of Scottish Gaelic literature and Gaelic music. |
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The Hebrides have lower biodiversity than mainland Britain, but there is a significant presence of seals and seabirds. |
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The Hebrides can be divided into two main groups, separated from one another by the Minch to the north and the Sea of the Hebrides to the south. |
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The Inner Hebrides lie closer to mainland Scotland and include Islay, Jura, Skye, Mull, Raasay, Staffa and the Small Isles. |
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A complication is that there are various descriptions of the scope of the Hebrides. |
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Today, they are also known as the Western Isles, although this phrase can also be used to refer to the Hebrides in general. |
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Norse control of the Hebrides was formalised in 1098 when Edgar of Scotland formally signed the islands over to Magnus III of Norway. |
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The Hebrides were now part of the Kingdom of the Isles, whose rulers were themselves vassals of the Kings of Norway. |
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In the wake of the rebellion, the clan system was broken up and islands of the Hebrides became a series of landed estates. |
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The residents of the Hebrides have spoken a variety of different languages during the long period of human occupation. |
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It is assumed that Pictish must once have predominated in the northern Inner Hebrides and Outer Hebrides. |
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This is especially true of the Outer Hebrides, where a slim majority speak the language. |
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The derivations of all of the inhabited islands of the Hebrides and some of the larger uninhabited ones are listed below. |
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The first political party, established in the early 1970s, was called the New Hebrides National Party. |
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It is found across most parts of Scotland, including Orkney, Shetland and most of the Outer Hebrides. |
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In addition, intense gravity highs are associated with the Anton Dohrn and Hebrides Terrace seamounts. |
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Former members of the SAS are briefing water bailiffs on the Grimersta estate, on the west coast of Lewis, in the Hebrides. |
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Whimbrels have left their breeding grounds in the Shetland Isles, Outer Hebrides and Iceland. |
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The Hebrides Islands, lying to the west, have a range of geological features, from mountains to machairs. |
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Egg cases of the blackmouth catshark were found on the Mingulay coral reef complex in the Outer Hebrides. |
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The ash is forecast to exceed the safe level agreed by the CAA and airlines in the Outer Hebrides today. |
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Scientists at the University of Exeter in the UK carried out the analysis, which focused on American mink living in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. |
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Visit Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa, Inner Hebrides, to see the stunning hexagonally jointed basalt columns. |
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Development at the Bruichladdich Distillery on the Isle of Islay, in Inner Hebrides, Scotland. |
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Barrie rented this island in the Inner Hebrides during the 1920s for himself and his foster children, who went on to inspire his book Peter Pan. |
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However, while her other library books return to the borough, the BookCrossing book will not be coming back to Solihull, but starting a new journey in the Hebrides. |
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The largest of the other islands are to be found in the Hebrides and Northern Isles to the north, and Anglesey and the Isle of Man between Great Britain and Ireland. |
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Entire European regions including French coasts, Hebrides, North Sea and Baltic Seas, and further north up to Swedish, Norwegian and Svalbard areas were once ranged by whales. |
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The Bronze Age cafe society on the Outer Hebrides also ate cheese and butter, contrary to previous theories that they existed on meat, veg and a few hand-picked berries. |
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The Little Minch is the northern limit of the Sea of the Hebrides. |
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The Hebrides have a diverse geology ranging in age from Precambrian strata that are amongst the oldest rocks in Europe to Paleogene igneous intrusions. |
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Some people in the north and west of mainland Scotland and most people in the Hebrides still speak Scottish Gaelic, but the language has been in decline. |
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Following the transfer of the Hebrides and adjacent mainland coast from Norway to Scotland, by the 1266 Treaty of Perth, Argyll was served by the sheriff of Perth. |
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In some respects the Hebrides generally lack biodiversity in comparison to mainland Britain, with for example only half the number of mammalian species the latter has. |
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There is also a service to and form the Outer Hebrides from Tarbert, Harris and Lochmaddy on North Uist to Uig, Skye and from Castlebay, Barra to Tiree. |
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In the late 18th century the harvesting of kelp became a significant activity but from 1822 on cheap imports led to a collapse of this industry throughout the Hebrides. |
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It portrays the bleak terrain and ecology and horrible weather of the Outer Hebrides, and the description of the people and how they live is superb. |
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We buy our salmon from Scotland and it takes just a day from when it comes out of the water in the Outer Hebrides to when it arrives in the Dubai smokehouse. |
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London 2012's Olympic torch relay will start at Land's End and travel as far as the outer Hebrides on an 8,000-mile journey to the stadium, it has been revealed. |
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With which hand-woven woollen fabric is the Outer Hebrides associated? |
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The windiest areas of Scotland are in the north and west, with parts of the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland experiencing over 30 days with gales per year. |
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In September he spent a fortnight on the island of Jura in the Inner Hebrides and saw it as a place to escape from the hassle of London literary life. |
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Samuel Johnson and James Boswell's visit to Skye in 1773 and their meeting with Flora MacDonald in Kilmuir is recorded in Boswell's The Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides. |
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Armstrong has written several classical commissions for the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, the London Sinfonietta, the Hebrides Ensemble and the Scottish Ensemble. |
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Communities where the languages are still spoken natively are restricted largely to the west coast of each country and especially the Hebrides in Scotland. |
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The oldest links in the Outer Hebrides, it was designed by Old Tom Morris. |
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Other premieres include comedy Potiche, starring Catherine Deneuve and Gerard Depardieu, and the reveng e thriller Island, which is set in the Hebrides. |
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In addition to the Outer Hebrides, they form basement deposits on the Scottish mainland west of the Moine Thrust and on the islands of Coll and Tiree. |
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Nationally important populations of breeding waders are present in the Outer Hebrides, including common redshank, dunlin, lapwing and ringed plover. |
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He had subdued the organised military might of the Hebrides, but he and his immediate successors lacked the will or ability to provide an alternative form of governance. |
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The highest percentages of Gaelic speakers were in the Outer Hebrides. |
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First she heads to the Isle of Skye, on the Inner Hebrides, which has a violent geological past, with an alien landscape formed from sheets of black lava. |
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Between May and August 1980 the island was the site of a rebellion during the transfer of power over the colonial New Hebrides from the condominium to independent Vanuatu. |
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Delia Smith, Michel Roux Jr and Marco Pierre White are among the top names who contributed to the project for Lismore Primary in the Inner Hebrides. |
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The little family of Restiaceous plants is represented in our flora by a small aquatic tufted plant, found in the Hebrides and in Ireland, and called the Jointed Eriocaulon. |
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They form part of the Hebrides, separated from the Scottish mainland and from the Inner Hebrides by the waters of the Minch, the Little Minch and the Sea of the Hebrides. |
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Records show that the birds to the east of the Pennine hills move to the southeast coast in winter and those to the west winter between Lancashire and the Hebrides. |
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The Outer Hebrides were added after the Battle of Largs in 1263, and the Northern Isles were acquired in 1469, completing what is today the legal jurisdiction of Scotland. |
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The following are the ten largest in the Hebrides and their outliers. |
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Due to Scots and English being favored in government and the educational system, the Hebrides have been in a state of diglossia since at least the seventeenth century. |
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Between 1976 and 2006, Scottish airline Loganair operated a number of Islanders as air ambulances, covering areas such as the island communities in the Hebrides. |
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Lewisian like granitic gneisses of Paleoproterozoic age of the Rhinns complex are exposed on Islay and Colonsay in the southern part of the Inner Hebrides. |
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If Berrice was in the outer Hebrides, the crossing would have brought Pytheas to the vicinity of Trondheim, Norway, explaining how he managed to miss the Skagerrak. |
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The Hebrides have a cool temperate climate that is remarkably mild and steady for such a northerly latitude, due to the influence of the Gulf Stream. |
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