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Landscapes of change: archaeologies of the Rousay Clearances

Landscapes of change: archaeologies of the Rousay Clearances

by Talking Humanities | Oct 6, 2015 | Being Human festival, Features, Republished

Orkney was largely untouched by the Highland Clearances, but Rousay saw the clearance of two townships by George William Traill in the mid-19th century. Dr Keir Strickland looks back on a guided summer walk on Rousay, part of the Being Human event, ‘Landscapes of...

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