Glencalvie

E189882

Glencalvie is a Highland estate in Scotland historically noted for a notorious 19th-century eviction episode during the Highland Clearances.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Glencalvie canonical 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Highland estate
rural locality
administrativeArea Highland council area
associatedWith 19th-century agrarian change
Highland landlords
tenant crofters
climate cool temperate oceanic climate
country Scotland
documentedIn contemporary newspaper reports
historical studies of the Highland Clearances
eventLocation Glencalvie evictions
evictionContext Highland Clearances
evictionOccurredIn 1845
evictionType mass eviction of tenants
governedBy Scottish land law
hasFeature glen landscape
hillside grazing land
pastoral farmland
hasHeritage crofting community history
hasReputation example of landlord-tenant conflict in the Highlands
symbol of Highland Clearances evictions
hasTopography narrow glen
upland terrain
historicalPopulation tenant farming families
historicalRegion Ross and Cromarty
historicalSignificance case study in Scottish agrarian history
illustrates social impact of Highland Clearances
historicalUse crofting
sheep farming
knownFor Glencalvie evictions
Highland Clearances
languageRegion Scottish Gaelic-speaking Highlands
locatedIn Ross-shire
Scottish Highlands
locatedNear Ardgay
River Carron (Ross-shire)
notableEvent Highland Clearances
surface form: Glencalvie evictions of 1845

Highland Clearances-related eviction
partOf Kincardine-in-Menteith
surface form: Kincardine parish

Northern Forest region of New York
surface form: Northern Highlands cultural area
postEvictionUse sheep walk
sporting estate
regionType rural estate
timePeriod 19th century
topicOf debates on land reform in the Highlands
studies of rural depopulation in Scotland

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.