Archaeology of Skye and the Western Isles

Armit presents a fascinating story of a rich archaeological heritage from Mesolithic hunter-gatherers to medieval Lord of the Isles. We find example after example of the kinds of sites that most archaeologists would give their eye-teeth to find.

• The environment; hunters and gatherers; the first farmers; tombs and standing stones; beakers and bronze; the Atlantic roundhouses; wheelhouses; Picts and Scots; the Vikings; Lords of the Isles; tracing change.