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The Highland Clearances

The Island of Arran

Arran lies in the Firth of Clyde, fourteen miles from the mainland but only four miles from the
shelter of the Kintyre peninsula. It is rocky and mountainous to the north, with panoramic views
from its highest peak, Goat Fell. The history of any Clearances on Arran is proving to be a little
difficult to find; however the population of the island is low enough today to suggest that either
Clearances or some other form of radical de-population took place there. It will take a visit to the
island to discover what happened there, and this is high on the priority list.






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