Scottish Government issues updated guidance on land reform mapping tool
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Market Insight 02 February 2026 02 February 2026
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UK & Europe
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UK Real Estate Insights
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Real Estate
Ownership can divide opinion with a current, complex, question being who should own Greenland. Let’s just focus this article, though, on Scotland. Ownership of land in Scotland has changed a lot since the time of Robert Burns. Burns lived 1759 to 1796, passing at age 37. The “Scottish Land Act of 1746” was in force through Burns’ life, a legislative effort to destroy the power base of the Highland clan system by abolishing their ownership rights. However, the feudal system of landownership that had evolved in Scotland from the 11th century was still the bedrock system of the Scottish mainland in Burns’ time.
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