Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Audiobook7 hours
Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland
Written by James Crawford
Narrated by Dave Gillies
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this audiobook
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.
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.
Author
James Crawford
James Crawford is a writer and broadcaster. His first major book, Fallen Glory: The Lives and Deaths of History’s 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, Scotland’s Landscapes and The Edge of the Plain: How Borders Make and Break Our World. His most recent book is Wild History: Journeys into Lost Scotland. In 2019 he was named as the Archive and Records Association’s first-ever 'Explore Your Archives' Ambassador. He lives in Edinburgh.
Related to Wild History
Related audiobooks
Nature’s Ghosts: The world we lost and how to bring it back The Perfect Sword: Forging the Dark Ages Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIce Diaries (Booktrack Edition): An Antarctic Memoir Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5To the Island of Tides Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Hidden Fires: A Cairngorms Journey with Nan Shepherd Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKai Lung’s Golden Hours (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFlying Snakes and Griffin Claws: And Other Classical Myths, Historical Oddities, and Scientific Curiosities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWindswept: Life, Nature and Deep Time in the Scottish Highlands Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Into the Dark: What darkness is and why it matters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBones of Contention: Kennewick Man Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Brief History of the Countryside in 100 Objects Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Natural History of Selborne Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Silk Road and Black Death: An Enthralling Guide to the Routes That Connected Continents and the Event That Redefined Them Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wall: Rome's Greatest Frontier Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Family and Other Enemies - Life and travels in Croatia's hinterland (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Fenland Garden: Creating a haven for people, plants and wildlife in the Lincolnshire Fens Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Croft in the Hills Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wild Rover: A Blistering Journey Along Britain’s Footpaths Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Grand Life: Confessions of an Old School Hotelier in the Digital Age Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFamous Landmarks of Ancient Rome Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Easternmost House Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Volcanic: Vesuvius in the Age of Revolutions Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCobblestones, Conversations, and Corks: A Son’s Discovery of His Italian Heritage Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoments of Doubt and Other Mountaineering Writings Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gamekeeper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHalcyon Journey: In Search of the Belted Kingfisher Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Field Guide to Larking Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5When the Sahara Was Green: How Our Greatest Desert Came to Be Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBirds, Beasts, and Bedlam: Turning My Farm into an Ark for Lost Species Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
History For You
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder and the Birth of the FBI Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Money: A Story of Humanity Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Shadowplay: Behind the Lines and Under Fire: The Inside Story of Europe's Last War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In Search of Schrödinger’s Cat: Quantum Physics and Reality Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Europe Underdeveloped Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/577 Days of February: Living and Dying in Ukraine, Told by the Nation’s Own Journalists Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of Japan: Revised Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Language Began: The Story of Humanity's Greatest Invention Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Five Rings Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Swingtime for Hitler: Goebbels’s Jazzmen, Tokyo Rose, and Propaganda That Carries a Tune Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Consolation of Philosophy Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Short History of the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A History of the World in 6 Glasses Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Line in the Sand: Britain, France and the struggle that shaped the Middle East Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of An Empire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Origin Story: A Big History of Everything Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Biggest Prison on Earth: A History of the Occupied Territories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ancient Greece 101: Greek History, Myth, and Civilization Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Radium Girls: They paid with their lives. Their final fight was for justice. Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): An American History Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The History of the Medieval World: From the Conversion of Constantine to the First Crusade Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roman History 101: From Republic to Empire Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related podcast episodes
17th Century Revolutionary England: A look at what led Britain to this period of great social and economic upheaval. 0% found this document useful#177 Field report from the High Arctic: polar bears and melting glaciers in Svalbard 0% found this document useful12. The Wolf of Via Vesuvio: Mary joins novelist Robert Harris to uncover the story of a Pompeii hustler 0% found this document usefulSutton Hoo Helmet: Neil MacGregor with one of the most sensational finds from Anglo-Saxon Britain. 0% found this document usefulThe Whistleblower: Meet the savvy political operator who cleaned up Britain after Boudicca's revolt. 0% found this document usefulOrkney: Centre of the Stone Age 0% found this document usefulTrouble in Paradise: Coconut War Waters and Coconut Oil Controversies 0% found this document useful32: Eoghan Daltun, Beara, West Cork 100% found this document usefulThe Sphinx: Egypt's Greatest Mystery 0% found this document usefulTrapped in Ice: The Paleolithic World 0% found this document usefulE.C.R. Lorac Rises Through The Ranks (Queens of Crime at War 2): Her WW2 mysteries are best of all. 100% found this document usefulRobert Macfarlane, writer: Robert Macfarlane, writer, shares the soundtrack of his life with Lauren Laverne 0% found this document usefulWhy Do We Bury Our Dead?: The practice of burial stretches back deep into prehistory, but how did it evolve? 0% found this document useful#17 - The A-Z of French Food 0% found this document useful
Related articles
Unridden Kangaroo Valley WildArticle
Unridden Kangaroo Valley
Sep 5, 2022
IT IS A HUMID LATE AFTERNOON deep in Kangaroo Valley, December 2021, 160km south of Sydney. From the books I’ve read, I believe I am the first person to ride this lost track, dug in the 1880s by cedar loggers. As I progress, I notice a sudden change
11 min readNew Research Reveals The Prehistoric Origins Of Scotland History ScotlandArticle
New Research Reveals The Prehistoric Origins Of Scotland
Feb 12, 2022
3 min readMy Guide To Longmeadow BBC Gardeners' WorldArticle
My Guide To Longmeadow
Feb 20, 2020
2 min readThe Longest Silence Anglers JournalArticle
The Longest Silence
Jul 12, 2022
11 min read'In The Hurricane's Eye' Puts Revolutionary War Conflict The Battle Of The Chesapeake Back In Its Deserved Spotlight The Christian Science MonitorArticle
'In The Hurricane's Eye' Puts Revolutionary War Conflict The Battle Of The Chesapeake Back In Its Deserved Spotlight
Oct 17, 2018
'Hurricane' is the newest book from bestselling author of 'In the Heart of the Sea' and 'Valiant Ambition' Nathaniel Philbrick.
3 min readA Georgian reinvention Country LifeArticle
A Georgian reinvention
Feb 14, 2024
7 min readEarly Encounters Australian GeographicArticle
Early Encounters
Feb 24, 2022
8 min readDrowning in Reverse Orion MagazineArticle
Drowning in Reverse
Jun 4, 2020
8 min readWhy It’s Better to Carry Weight on Your Head The AtlanticArticle
Why It’s Better to Carry Weight on Your Head
Aug 18, 2017
6 min readThe Daphne Disaster, Part 2: Inquiry And Relief Fund History ScotlandArticle
The Daphne Disaster, Part 2: Inquiry And Relief Fund
Aug 12, 2023
14 min readA bloody Long Run WildArticle
A bloody Long Run
Nov 28, 2022
15 min readSolo Backpacking Tents The Great OutdoorsArticle
Solo Backpacking Tents
May 12, 2023
14 min readWe Need to Talk About Peat NautilusArticle
We Need to Talk About Peat
Nov 7, 2019
In his poems about strange bodies buried in the bogs of Northern Europe, the late Nobel laureate Seamus Heaney describes peatlands filled with “drowned-mouse fibres dried up and the whole limp, soggy cluster … Of weed leaf and turf mould.” Such is th
7 min readOslo National Geographic Traveller (UK)Article
Oslo
May 4, 2023
8 min readDo Animals Have Culture? According To Carl Safina, Absolutely. The Christian Science MonitorArticle
Do Animals Have Culture? According To Carl Safina, Absolutely.
Jul 16, 2020
In his latest engrossing book, ecologist Carl Safina destroys the myth that humans are the only Earth creatures with cultural traditions.
2 min readSHOEGAZE IN THE ’90s Celebrating the Scene That Celebrated Itself Under the RadarArticle
SHOEGAZE IN THE ’90s Celebrating the Scene That Celebrated Itself
Apr 24, 2024
10 min readRed~Handed Family TreeArticle
Red~Handed
Jun 23, 2020
7 min readFRANCOLINS AND SPURFOWLS Drab Bush Chickens? Not At All! Kruger MagazineArticle
FRANCOLINS AND SPURFOWLS Drab Bush Chickens? Not At All!
Sep 5, 2024
6 min readSweeping Promise Gardens Illustrated MagazineArticle
Sweeping Promise
Jun 14, 2022
3 min read‘I’ve Just Got Angrier As I’ve GOT OLDER!’ Woman's WeeklyArticle
‘I’ve Just Got Angrier As I’ve GOT OLDER!’
Jun 15, 2022
3 min readThe Hermit Of Suvarov Boating NZArticle
The Hermit Of Suvarov
Jul 30, 2020
5 min read'The Raven Tower' Rises From Shakespearean Foundations NPRArticle
'The Raven Tower' Rises From Shakespearean Foundations
Feb 26, 2019
Ann Leckie's new fantasy novel is packed with family intrigue, throne-room maneuvering and nods to Hamlet in its story of a son who comes home to find his father missing and his uncle in power.
2 min readLove And Tears On The Smallholding BBC Countryfile MagazineArticle
Love And Tears On The Smallholding
Jul 29, 2021
4 min readA Magical Mystery Tour Scotland MagazineArticle
A Magical Mystery Tour
Aug 20, 2021
4 min readIan Nairn and the Art of Seeing a City The MillionsArticle
Ian Nairn and the Art of Seeing a City
Jan 16, 2018
It’s not easy to pigeonhole the late English writer Ian Nairn. But after reading his work—and I’ll be focusing here on Nairn’s Paris, originally published in 1968 and just reissued by Notting Hill Editions—you might rightly decide that there’s no nee
5 min readBard In The Woods Great WalksArticle
Bard In The Woods
Nov 30, 2020
4 min readCustodians Of The Stones Discover BritainArticle
Custodians Of The Stones
Nov 4, 2022
5 min readThe Fire Starters Audubon MagazineArticle
The Fire Starters
Oct 2, 2023
14 min readHow Birds Have Shaped Us BBC Countryfile MagazineArticle
How Birds Have Shaped Us
Jan 13, 2022
5 min readThe Whale Who Will Come Soon NautilusArticle
The Whale Who Will Come Soon
Sep 8, 2021
The beachfront narrows to an ocherous ribbon, belted by blue, above and below. After a while, a handful of shearwaters appear in the air above the Cat Balou. The birds flash around us; like knife-thrower tricks at a circus. Diving through the water,
8 min read
Reviews for Wild History
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews