24 February 2022, Starts: 19:30

Roads to improvement: an Historical Geography of the Destitution Roads

Online talk by Jamie Arnaud

Organised by Gairloch Museum. Cost £3. For details and to book, see the museum website

An examination of the ideologies behind road construction as a relief project during the Great Highland Famine (1846-50). As well as providing details about the history and geography of the Destitution Roads, this will explore how organisations in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London believed they could solve the ‘Highland Problem’ and improve the region by making material changes to the landscape.