Emigrants Monument

Painful reminder

Before my trip to here, I did not know of the Highland Clearances. When I first hear of the story I couldn't really understand and did not make much of it. But when I see evidence of it in the various...

Painful reminder

Before my trip to here, I did not know of the Highland Clearances. When I first hear of the story I couldn't really understand and did not make much of it. But when I see evidence of it in the various...

Shame Part of Scottish History

This monument stands in memory of the victims of the Highland Clearances when farmer tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands were evicted from their homes during the 18th to 19th century. The st...

Shame Part of Scottish History

This monument stands in memory of the victims of the Highland Clearances when farmer tenants in the Scottish Highlands and Islands were evicted from their homes during the 18th to 19th century. The st...

You must stop here!

It's often easy to speak of past events dispassionately as a mere fact of history. I was deeply moved by this incredible statue as it made the visceral connection beteen my knowledge of our ancestors'...