National Scenic Areas (Scotland)
There are 40 National Scenic Areas in Scotland, covering 13% of the country's land area which include spectacular mountain ranges, like the Skye Cuillins, Ben Nevis and Glencoe, island landscapes in the Hebrides and Northern Isles and richly diverse scenery such as in Perthshire, the Scottish Borders, and Dumfries and Galloway. The designation’s purpose is both to identify the finest scenery and to ensure its protection from inappropriate development.
They are broadly equivalent to the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty found in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Read MoreThey are broadly equivalent to the Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty found in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
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Cravadale Cottage - Harris - Outer Hebrides
Far from the crowd in North Harris, the remote and islolated Cravadale Cottage. For most of the 1800s, the shepherd’s cottage by Loch na Cliofa (Loch of the Cliff, misnamed Loch na Cleabhaig on OS maps) was the only habitation close to the shortest crossing point for Scarp
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