They crashed at 701m (2, 300ft) on Ben More Assynt, a Munro near Inchnadamph, in Sutherland.

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The John Muir Trust (JMT) said its management of deer in its Quinag Estate in Assynt had been criticised locally.

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"If it had been a crofters' buyout, like at Assynt, I would have been all for it, " says Angus MacDonald, who has a large croft near Benbecula airport.

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For instance, activists in Assynt, an area in Sutherland, forced the sale of a large estate to local crofters through an ingenious use of the law on crofting which was introduced after the 1880s unrest.

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You will see breathtakingly atmospheric Scottish scenes, like the ruins of Ardvreck Castle on the shores of Loch Assynt or the desolate moorlands and savagely beautiful coastline of the Stoer Peninsula, where wildlife like stags, pine martin, wildcat, otter and badgers abound.

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