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Between a rock and a hard place: the persistence of people in the Scottish Highlands

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Citation

Tipping R, Davies A, Tisdall E & Reid E (2004) Between a rock and a hard place: the persistence of people in the Scottish Highlands. Earth Heritage, (21), pp. 22-23. http://www.earthheritage.org.uk/ehpdf/EH-21.pdf

Abstract
Mountain landscapes are the harshest environments in the British Isles from which to make a living. In fact,most interpretations have emphasised the ephemeral nature of settlement, that life was frequently too much of a struggle against intractable soils and climates.

Journal
Earth Heritage, Issue 21

StatusPublished
Publication date31/01/2004
PublisherJoint Nature ConservationCommittee
Publisher URLhttp://www.earthheritage.org.uk/ehpdf/EH-21.pdf
Place of publicationLudlow, Shropshire
ISSNNo ISSN

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Dr Eileen Tisdall

Dr Eileen Tisdall

Senior Lecturer, Biological and Environmental Sciences