The Unremembered Places

Exploring Scotland's Wild Histories.

The Unremembered Places is a poignant and enthralling take on some of Scotland’s most fascinating, yet overlooked, places of interest. Shortlisted for the The Great Outdoors Awards – Outdoor Book of the Year 2020 and the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020.

Shortlisted for the The Great Outdoors Awards – Outdoor Book of the Year 2020

Shortlisted for the Boardman Tasker Award for Mountain Literature 2020

There are strange relics hidden across Scotland’s landscape: forgotten places that are touchstones to incredible stories and past lives which still resonate today. Yet why are so many of these ‘wild histories’ unnoticed and overlooked? And what can they tell us about our own modern identity?

From the high mountain passes of an ancient droving route to a desolate moorland graveyard, from uninhabited post-industrial islands and Clearance villages to caves explored by early climbers and the mysterious strongholds of Christian missionaries, Patrick Baker makes a series of journeys on foot and by paddle. Along the way, he encounters Neolithic settlements, bizarre World War Two structures, evidence of illicit whisky production, sacred wells and Viking burial grounds.

Combining a rich fusion of travelogue and historical narrative, he threads themes of geology, natural and social history, literature, and industry from the places he visits, discovering connections between people and place more powerful than can be imagined.

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