Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland

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From the presenter of BBC One's Scotland from the Sky

You scramble up over the dunes of an isolated beach. You climb to the summit of a lonely hill. You pick your way through the eerie hush of a forest. And then you find them. The traces of the past. Perhaps they are marked by a tiny symbol on your map, perhaps not. There are no plaques to explain their fading presence before you, nothing to account for what they once were who made them, lived in them or abandoned them. Now they are merged with the landscape. They are being reclaimed by nature. They are wild history.

In this book acclaimed author and presenter James Crawford introduces many such places all over the country, from the ruins of prehistoric forts and ancient, arcane burial sites, to abandoned bothies and boathouses, and the derelict traces of old, faded industry.

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'A surprising and exciting book and one we'd highly recommend to anyone with an interest in this country of ours and its history'

Author Bio

James Crawford is a writer and broadcaster. His first major book, Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of Historys Greatest Buildings was shortlisted for the Saltire Literary Award for best non-fiction. His other books include Who Built Scotland: 25 Journeys in Search of a Nation, Scotlands Landscapes and Aerofilms: A History of Britain from Above. His most recent book is The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World. In 2019 he was named as the Archive and Records Associations first-ever 'Explore Your Archives' Ambassador. He lives in Edinburgh.