Complex sentence: Historically it was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands", with its position near the Highland Boundary Fault between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands and has been described as "the brooch which clasps the Highlands and the Lowlands together".
Split into simpler sentences: Historically it was strategically important as the "Gateway to the Highlands", with its position near the Highland Boundary Fault between the Scottish Lowlands and Highlands. It has been described as "the brooch which clasps the Highlands and the Lowlands together".