Why are there no trees on the Scottish Hills?
Why are there no trees on the Scottish Hills? Human beings destroyed the trees in the Scottish Highlands. The forests probably reached their maximum extent about 5,000 years ago, but then the climate turned for the worse and trees started to retreat. Human beings arrived and started farming about 3,900 years ago.
Where is the oldest forest in Scotland?
The Caledonian Forest was once a vast woodland that colonised most of Scotland. Formed at the end of the last ice age, its remains can be seen in the ancient pinewood of Glen Falloch and Tyndrum in The Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park.