The drove roads of Scotland

History

Haldane, A.R.B.

Europe

David and Charles

The Drove Roads of Scotland

Business & Money

Economics

Edinburgh U.P

Describes the development of the system from its rudimentary beginnings, towards the end of the sixteenth century, as a means of carrying royal despatches.

Three centuries of Scottish posts: An historical survey to 1836

Edinburgh University Press

One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in a fascinating account of Scotland's droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland. In pastoral Scotland, the breeding and movement of livestock were fundamental to the lives of the people. The story of the drove roads takes the reader on an engrossing tour of Scottish history, from the lawless cattle driving by reivers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the legitimate movement of stock which developed after the Union of the Crowns, by which time the large-scale movement of stock to established markets had become an important part of Scotland's economy, and a vital aspect of commercial life in the Empire. Haldane's work is one of the great classics of Scottish history.

Literature & Fiction

Classics

Birlinn Ltd.

A. R. B. Haldane's history of the drove roads is an absorbing tale of Scottish rural history that starts with the lawless cattle driving by reivers in the 16th and 17th centuries moving to the legitimate trade movements after the Union of the Crowns.

Drove Roads of Scotland

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

House of Lochar

<p>One of the great classics of Scottish history, The Drove Roads of Scotland interweaves folklore, social comment and economic history in a fascinating account of Scotland’s droving trade and the routes by which cattle and sheep were brought from every corner of the land to markets in central Scotland.<br><br>In pastoral Scotland, the breeding and movement of livestock were fundamental to the lives of the people. The story of the drove roads takesthe reader on an engrossing tour of Scottish history, from the lawless cattle driving by reivers in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to the legitimate movement of stock which developed after the Union of the Crowns, by which time the large-scale movement of stock to established markets had become an important part of Scotland’s economy, and a vital aspect of commercial life in the Empire.</p>

Industries

Origin

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