The Essay: New Ways through the Glens

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Kenneth Steven looks at the project to build a canal through the heart of the Highlands.

Poet Kenneth Steven looks at the ambitious project to build a canal through the heart of the Highlands along the Great Glen, linking east and west.

With its title drawn from an essential work by ARB Haldane, 'New Ways through the Glens' is Kenneth Steven's personal reflection on the changes brought to the people and landscape of the Scottish Highlands by the arrival of roads and canals in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In this Essay, he looks at the ambitious project to build a canal through the heart of the Highlands along the Great Glen, linking east and west.

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The changes brought to the people and landscape of the Scottish Highlands.

Kenneth Steven's personal reflection on the changes brought to the people and landscape of the Scottish Highlands by the arrival of roads and canals in the 18th and 19th centuries.

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