Into the peatlands
Crawford, Robin2018
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The peatlands of the Outer Hebrides are half land, half water. Their surface is a glorious tweed woven from tiny, living sphagnums rich in wildlife, but underneath is layer upon layer of dead mosses transforming into the peat. One can, with care, walk out onto them, but stop and you begin to sink into them. For time immemorial the peatlands have been places - for humans at least - of seasonal habitation but not of constant residence. In this book, Robin A. Crawford explores the peatlands over the course of the year, explaining how they have come to be and examining how peat has been used from the Bronze Age onwards. In describing the seasonal processes of cutting, drying, stacking, storing and burning he reveals one of the key rhythms of island life, but his study goes well beyond this to include many other aspects, including the wildlife and folklore associated with these lonely, watery places.
Main title:
Into the peatlands / Robin Crawford.
Author:
Crawford, Robin, author
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Birlinn, 2018.
Collation:
258 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 21 cm
Notes:
Originally published: Stroud, Gloucestershire: Amberley, 2016.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781780275598 (pbk)
Dewey class:
577.68709411577.687
LC class:
QK938.P42
Local class:
577.687
Language:
English
BRN:
2292313