Arran: A History Campbell Thorbjorn
Arran: A History Campbell Thorbjorn Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking occupation lasting centuries.Later, in…
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Arran: A History Campbell Thorbjorn
Arran is an archaeological and geological treasure trove of stunning scenic beauty. Runic inscriptions tell of a Viking occupation lasting centuries.Later, in 1307, King Robert the Bruce began his triumphant comeback from Arran. Its history stretches back to the great stone circles, more than 5,000 years old, whose remnants still decorate the plains of Machrie.
After the 1707 Parliamentary Union, came a new and strange upheaval - unwarlike but equally unsettling: Arran became a test-bed for the new theories of the ideologists of the Industrial Revolution. Subsequently, the island was repeatedly caught up and devastated in the savage dynastic struggles of medieval Scotland. The ancient 'runrig' style of farming gave way to enclosed fields and labour-saving methods, which eventually lead to the socially disastrous Highland Clearances to Arran, and the misfortune of the times was