Which Scottish city is known as the ‘Capital of the Highlands’?
Scottish Highlands of an imaginary line between Dundee and Greenock, thus including all of Aberdeenshire and Angus. Inverness is traditionally regarded as the capital of the Highlands, although less so in the Highland parts of Aberdeenshire, Angus, Perthshire and Stirlingshire which look more to Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee and Stirling as their commercial centres. Under some of the wider definitions in use, Aberdeen could be considered the largest city in the Highlands, although it does not share the recent Gaelic cultural history typical of the Highlands proper. The Highland Council area, created as one of the local government regions of Scotland, has been
Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands the thread is then washed in salt water but any other colour uses fresh water. Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands Traditional dyes of the Scottish Highlands are the native vegetable dyes used in Scottish Gaeldom. The following are the principal dyestuffs with the colours they produce. Several of the tints are very bright, but have now been superseded for convenience of usage by various mineral dyes. The Latin names are given where known and also the Scottish Gaelic names for various ingredients. Amateurs may wish to experiment with some of the suggestions, as urine (human or animal) is used