Inner Hebrides Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
archipelago off the west coast of mainland Scotland
About Inner Hebrides
The Inner Hebrides are a large, scattered archipelago; what they have in common is their rugged, thinly populated terrain. Their land was always too poor for anything beyond subsistence farming, eked out with fishing. In the 19th century the population was systematically (and sometimes violently) evicted from their small farms by the landlords, and the land turned over to sheep-grazing and deer-stalking - the “Highland Clearances” still bewailed in local oral history. Later redevelopment schemes came to little; but in the 20th century tourism developed as transport and island accommodation improved. Gaelic culture and language did survive, though if you hear it spoken, it may just be a college lecturer from Wisconsin showing off. A long weekend will do fine for any of the islands. Cross yo
Inner Hebrides Travel Guide Sections
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