https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/files/original/d26b3117b07aac889dd246de724c2352.jpg 0a59fc39ec51f9000f1d5aaa2b26b400 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Museum: Caen Highland Township Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 161 Reconstruction Date Represented 1813 Advisers Jacquie Aitken (Timespan) Keir Strickland (University of Highlands and Islands) Authors Sarah Kennedy, Iain Oliver, John McCaffrey, Alan Miller Canmore https://canmore.org.uk/site/348637/lower-caen How This digital reconstruction of the Caen Township represents life in the highlands of Scotland before the Highland Clearances. Based on the synthesis of archaeological and historical evidence, this reconstruction locates the Caen Township within the context of its landscape in the Strath of Kildonan. It also shows reconstruction of the longhouse and other buildings in the township, together with animations of characters and animals. Evidence Recent excavations (including a community dig) have revealed much about the people who lived at Caen before the Clearances. This archaeological material was combined with nineteenth-century maps and documents to inform the reconstruction of Caen in 1813. The project received extensive advice from Jacquie Aitken (Heritage Officer for Timespan), as well as drawing on the research of Keir Strickland (University of the Highlands and Islands). Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. In Copyright (InC) Title A name given to the resource Caen Highland Township - 1813 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived reconstructions,movablecollections Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource image/jpeg Type The nature or genre of the resource Reconstruction Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 179 Description An account of the resource During the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the inhabitants of many small farming communities in the Scottish Highlands were forced to leave their homes. Under the guise of improvement, landlords drove out traditional subsistence farmers and created a much less densely occupied landscape. One of the communities affected by this process of ‘clearance’ was the township of Caen in Sutherland. Caen was located in the lower part of the Strath of Kildonan. This area was cleared particularly brutally by representatives of the Duke of Sutherland between 1813 and 1819. Several families resisted the clearances, and soldiers were sent from Fort George to maintain order. Today, only a few foundations indicate where a thriving farming community once stood. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. current,58.13846667047033,-3.670965106477378; Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2012 Subject The topic of the resource Intangible Heritage Europeana Specific elements of the Europeana Semantic Elements. Europeana Type The Europeana material type of the resource. TEXT Object The URL of a suitable source image in the best resolution available on the web site of the data provider from which small images could be generated for use in the portal. This will often be the same URL as given in europeana:isShownBy. https://player.vimeo.com/video/398781066 Is Shown At An unambiguous URL reference to the digital object on the provider’s web site in its full information context. https://www.openvirtualworlds.org/caen-2/ Europeana Rights Information about copyright of the digital object that is specified in isShownBy and isShownAt and, by extension, to the preview images used in the portal. Open Virtual Worlds Team University of St Andrews Kildonan Clearances Modern Rural Settlement