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    Landscape Character Assessment 2019 LANDSCAPE CHARACTER ASSESSMENT ROSS & CROMARTY LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION AND INFLUENCES Landscape Evolution and Influences – Ross & Cromarty 1 Landscape Character Assessment 2019 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION page 3 2. PHYSICAL INFLUENCES page 4 3. HUMAN INFLUENCES page 13 4. CULTURAL INFLUENCES AND PERCEPTION page 31 Title Page Photographs, clockwise from top left: Beallach nam Ba, Pass of the Cattle, Applecross©NatureScot The view over Ullapool and Loch Broom from the road north. ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot Slioch ©Lorne Gill/NatureScot Rigs in the Cromarty Firth. ©Rachel Haines/NatureScot This document provides information on how the landscape of the local authority area has evolved. It complements the Landscape Character Type descriptions of the 2019 dataset. The original character assessment reports, part of a series of 30, mostly for a local authority area, included a “Background Chapter” on the formation of the landscape. These documents have been revised because feedback said they are useful, despite the fact that other sources of information are now readily available on the internet, unlike in the 1990’s when the first versions were produced. The content of the chapters varied considerably between the reports, and it has been restructured into a more standard format: Introduction, Physical Influences and Human Influences for all areas; and Cultural Influences sections for the majority. Some content variation still remains as the documents have been revised rather than rewritten, The information has been updated with input from the relevant Local Authorities. The historic and cultural aspects have been reviewed and updated by Historic Environment Scotland. Gaps in information have been filled where possible.