Mr Lister, son of MFI furniture retail co-founder Noel Lister bought the 9300ha (23000-acre) bestate/b near bArdgay/b in 2003 and announced his intention to subject the area to 'rewilding'. Walkers and climbers have complained that 2m-high ...
bARDGAY/b, NEAR TAIN, ROSS-SHIRE, 15th May, 1845. Those who remember the misery and destitution to which large masses of the population were thrown by the systematic "Clearances" (as they are here called) carried on in Sutherlandshire some 20 years ago, under the direction and on the bestate/b of the late Marchioness of Stafford ?those who have not forgotten to what an extent the ancient ties which bound clansmen to their chiefs were then torn asunder---will regret to learn the ...
