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plaid

(Encyclopedia)plaid, a long shawl or blanketlike outer wrap of woolen cloth, usually patterned in checks or tartan figures. Now a distinctive feature of the Highland costume, it was formerly worn in all parts of Sc...

Wrath, Cape

(Encyclopedia)Wrath, Cape, promontory, Highland, NW Scotland. It is the northwestern extremity of the Scottish mainland. The headland, 368 ft (112 m) high, has a lighthouse. ...

Duncansby Head

(Encyclopedia)Duncansby Head or Duncansbay Head, sandstone cliff, 210 ft (64 m) high, Highland, NE Scotland. It is the northeastern extremity of the Scottish mainland. ...

Sutherland

(Encyclopedia)Sutherland or Sutherlandshire, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Sutherland became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...

Nairnshire

(Encyclopedia)Nairnshire or Nairn, former county, NE Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Nairnshire became (1975) part of the new Highland region (now a council area). ...

Ross and Cromarty

(Encyclopedia)Ross and Cromarty, former county, N Scotland. Under the Local Government Act of 1973, Ross and Cromarty was divided between the new Highland and Western Isles regions (now council areas). ...

James I, king of Scotland

(Encyclopedia)James I, 1394–1437, king of Scotland (1406–37), son and successor of Robert III. King Robert feared for the safety of James because the king's brother, Robert Stuart, 1st duke of Albany, who was v...

Zemaraim

(Encyclopedia)Zemaraim zĕmˌərāˈĭm [key], in the Bible, a town and highland, ancient Palestine, probably N of Jerusalem. ...

Glen Roy

(Encyclopedia)Glen Roy, valley, Highland, W Scotland, E of Loch Lochy. The Parallel Roads, three terraces on each side of the valley at corresponding heights, are believed to mark receding levels of a lake that onc...

Digby, Kenelm Henry

(Encyclopedia)Digby, Kenelm Henry, 1800–1880, English author, b. Ireland. He converted to Roman Catholicism after his graduation from Cambridge. His principal works are The Broadstone of Honour (1822; enl. ed., 4...