Wild History

By (author) James Crawford

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.

Reviews of Wild History

'A treasure trove for those who cherish Scotland' – Press and Journal

'A surprising and exciting book and one we'd highly recommend to anyone with an interest in this country of ours and its history' – Ken Lussey, Undiscovered Scotland

'Leaving behind the well-worn paths to explore the lost, authentic, unfiltered shadows of our past, he uncovers a landscape that is full of stories. Wild histories that are all around us, just waiting to be noticed' – Oban Times

'James Crawford ventures deep to find the historic sites throughout Scotland that have faded from public knowledge and lie far from the tourist map' – Alison Campsie, The Scotsman