Fiona Watson is a medieval historian and writer, and the former Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the Universities of Stirling and St Andrews. She is author of the history books Scotland’s History, Scotland from Prehistory to the Present, Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland, Macbeth: A True Story and Robert the Bruce, as well as the novel Dark Hunter, set during the wars of independence. She was also the presenter of In Search of Scotland, a BBC TV series on Scottish history.Piers Dixon is an archaeologist with over thirty years of experience researching, investigating, recording and writing about Scotland’s landscapes.

'This interesting and informative history will be treasured . . . I look forward to approaching future walks with a renewed understanding of the forces that shaped our towns and countryside, and the people who lived and worked here before us.'

Fiona Watson is a medieval historian and writer, and the former Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the Universities of Stirling and St Andrews. She is author of the history books Scotland’s History, Scotland from Prehistory to the Present, Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland, Macbeth: A True Story and Robert the Bruce, as well as the novel Dark Hunter, set during the wars of independence. She was also the presenter of In Search of Scotland, a BBC TV series on Scottish history.Piers Dixon is an archaeologist with over thirty years of experience researching, investigating, recording and writing about Scotland’s landscapes.

'This interesting and informative history will be treasured . . . I look forward to approaching future walks with a renewed understanding of the forces that shaped our towns and countryside, and the people who lived and worked here before us.'

Fiona Watson is a medieval historian and writer, and the former Director of the Centre for Environmental History at the Universities of Stirling and St Andrews. She is author of the history books Scotland’s History, Scotland from Prehistory to the Present, Under the Hammer: Edward I and Scotland, Macbeth: A True Story and Robert the Bruce, as well as the novel Dark Hunter, set during the wars of independence. She was also the presenter of In Search of Scotland, a BBC TV series on Scottish history.Piers Dixon is an archaeologist with over thirty years of experience researching, investigating, recording and writing about Scotland’s landscapes.

'This interesting and informative history will be treasured . . . I look forward to approaching future walks with a renewed understanding of the forces that shaped our towns and countryside, and the people who lived and worked here before us.'