Additionally, to the best of my knowledge, the Roman invaders were unable to conquer all of Scotland as they did with England and Ireland(?). As such, I'm assuming the Highlanders are among those tribes that were not assimilated as heavily as their counterparts in Britain.
The Gaels weren't in Scotland at the time, and wouldn't be culturally divided until the 1000s
But we were in Ireland, which wasn't approached by the Romans, so you're essentially correct.
The British culture, or the Scandinavian culture?", which would you choose? If we think of British culture as in "teatime, red buses, red phone booths, stiff upper lip, Queen Mum", then it's just as far away as the drunk vikings that live in the snow.
Scots are just as British as the English, you know - we founded the United Kingdom to start with.
Ah, thanks for bringing that up. I guess it's another part of my Dunmer point - they weren't conquered by the empire they became a part of, but were incorporated through diplomat means.