I did not enter politics to repeat the Highland clearances.
My research tells me that it was at about the same time as the Highland Clearances.
He remains a controversial figure for his role in the Highland Clearances.
During the Highland Clearances in the 18th and 19th centuries, the population fell from 10,000 to less than 3,000.
It used to have a population of 800 in 1830 but became deserted due to the Highland Clearances.
However, like many other small islands, the population of around ninety were removed during the Highland clearances to make way for sheep.
Before the Highland clearances the population of Morvern was about 2500.
This was the period known as the Highland Clearances.
The project aims to examine social change on the peninsula from 6,000 years ago to the 18th- and 19th-century Highland Clearances.
This six part historical documentary series focused on the Highland Clearances of the late 18th and 19th centuries.