The Dark Years
Poet Kenneth Steven looks at the ways in which the Scottish Highlands were conquered through the building of roads and canals.
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 the first programme, he looks at the road-building programme of General Wade, who was determined to pacify the warring clans.
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- Mon 19 Feb 201822:45BBC Radio 3
- Mon 30 Nov 202022:45BBC Radio 3
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