In the HISTORIC SCOTLAND series. An introduction to key themes and periods in Scottish history and prehistory. Describes the transformation of the Scottish landscape from wild to domestic with the beginnings of the felling of the primeval forests and the building of monuments on the land from about 6000 BC.
Dr Gordon Barclay FSA, FSA Scot, FRHistS worked as Principal Inspector and Head of Policy at government heritage agency Historic Scotland. He has published extensively on the history and surviving remains of the defence of Scotland, including If Hitler comes: Preparing for Invasion: Scotland 1940. His main research interests lie in the misuse of the past for political ends.
