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The Drove Roads of Scotland

The Drove Roads of Scotland

Haldane, A. R. B.

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ISBN10: 1912476533
ISBN13: 9781912476534
Publisher: Origin
Published: Jul 23 2019
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.60
Height: 0.80 Width: 5.00 Depth: 7.70
Language: English
Scottish drove roads illuminate livestock movement, weaving folklore, social comment, and economic history to reveal how cattle and sheep trading shaped communities, markets, and empire-era commerce.

One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in a fascinating account of Scotland's droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland.

In pastoral Scotland, the breeding and movement of livestock were fundamental to the lives of the people. The story of the drove roads takes the reader on an engrossing tour of Scottish history, from the lawless cattle driving by reivers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the legitimate movement of stock which developed after the Union of the Crowns, by which time the large-scale movement of stock to established markets had become an important part of Scotland's economy, and a vital aspect of commercial life in the Empire.

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