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Cabrach Spring jkl9400jhp Cabrach clearances Aberdeenshire Scotland Tap Noth spring gorse rugged land one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen and evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. In the distance is the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similiar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, upright, April, spring, gorse, yellow, flowers, Tap, Noth, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, rugged, hard
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Cabrach clearances Aberdeenshire Scotland Tap Noth spring gorse rugged land

one of the bleakest landscapes especially during a nasty winter day. A few ruined crofts or farms can be seen and evidence of past Highland clearances as well as illustrating the hard life of farming in this unfertile moorland where in today’s harsh economic climate even sheep farming is a struggle. In the distance is the distinct summit of the Tap O'Noth hill near Rhynie on which remains the vitrified fortifications from a Pictish hilltop fort and from which can be seen a similiar relic from the past on Bennachie near Inverurie
Keywords: Scotland, Scottish, Grampian, Aberdeenshire, Highlands, Strathdon, Cabrach, rural, upright, April, spring, gorse, yellow, flowers, Tap, Noth, hill, Pictish, fort, ruined, ruins, house, windswept, granite, stone, roofless, desolate, burn, Craig, Creagdearg, Longlands, Whitehillock, Elrick, Meikle, heather, moorland, land-use, barren, grass, rugged, sheep, clearances, derelict, farm, farms, farming, agriculture, hill, rugged, hard