“Heather moorland is now seen as a cultural landscape. Attention is given to how human activity contributed to its expansion over the early modern period and to its decline from ca. 1800 onwards, exploring such themes as moor burning, the harvesting of young tree growth, and grazing levels and practices, both before and after the clearances.” From the introduction to ‘Heather moorland in the Scottish Highlands: the history of a cultural landscape, 1600–1880’ #isleofskyescotland #moorland