Scotland's History Land and Votes Potato blight ruins Scottish crops

The Potato blight devastates Scottish crops – 1846

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Having already destroyed most of Ireland's crop, the blight appears in Scotland. Before long it provokes a famine. Video: A history of Scotland: This Land is Our Land.

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