Highlands and Islands
The term "Highlands and Islands" is an inexact one describing a distinctive region and culture associated with Norse-Celtic traditions. In rough terms, this region is in the more isolated west of Scotland, and is defined by deep, long lochs, isolated glens, high mountains, and a generally rough terrain. Between 1100 and 1746, it was an area more or less isolated from the feudal or national monarchy in Edinburgh, and it survived with a non-money farming economy. Traditions long forgotten in the more prosperous regions of Scotland survived here, including clans and clan chiefs, bagpipe and fiddle music, kilts and trews, and tartan.
