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Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland Map of the British Isles highlighting the Scottish Highlands region in northern Scotland in orange. Surrounding areas including England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and parts of mainland Europe are shown in gray, with major bodies of water such as the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea labeled.
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Eilean Donan Castle, Scotland Eilean Donan Castle, located in the Scottish Highlands.

Scottish Highlands

region, Scotland, United Kingdom
Also known as: Highlands
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Map of the British Isles highlighting the Scottish Highlands region in northern Scotland in orange. Surrounding areas including England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Ireland, and parts of mainland Europe are shown in gray, with major bodies of water such as the Atlantic Ocean and North Sea labeled.
Scottish Highlands

Scottish Highlands, major physiographic and cultural division of Scotland, lying northwest of a line drawn from Dumbarton, near the head of the Firth of Clyde on the western coast, to Stonehaven, on the eastern coast. The western offshore islands of the Inner and Outer Hebrides and Arran and Bute are sometimes included in the division. The northern portion of the Highlands lies within the Highland council area, while the southern portion belongs to the council areas of Argyll and Bute, Stirling, Perth and Kinross, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Aberdeen City, and Moray. Gaelic customs and language survive in the Highlands.

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