The Rough Bounds
The Rough Bounds (Scottish Gaelic: Na Garbh Chriochan), in the Scottish Highlands, is the area of West Inverness-shire between Loch Hourn and Loch Shiel, consisting of the districts of Knoydart, North Morar, Arisaig and Moidart. The area is famous for its wildness and inaccessibility and remains very sparsely populated.
History
Historically, ownership was divided (and intermittently contested) between the Macdonalds of Clanranald and the Macdonells of Glengarry – both clans being persistent thorns in the side of central government. In particular, the Rough Bounds in the 18th century represented a hotbed of Catholicism[1] and Jacobitism. A succession of flamboyant but unsuccessful chiefs (including especially Alexander Ranaldson MacDonell of Glengarry [1771–1828] and Ranald George Macdonald of Clanranald [1788–1873]) resulted ultimately in the area passing into other hands.
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