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Rosal

Strathnaver, Sutherland

A township emptied in the Highland Clearances, its houses burned.

Rosal was a farming township in Strathnaver where families had lived for generations. Between 1814 and 1818, on the orders of the Sutherland estate, tenants were evicted to make way for sheep.

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When
Cleared 1814–1818
Where
58.4300, -4.2000
Group
Lost & drowned villages

Visiting

Forestry and Land Scotland trail, free. The Strathnaver Museum in Bettyhill tells the story.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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